Make Epilepsy Awareness & First Aid Training Mandatory in Schools and Workplaces

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Require all UK schools and workplaces to provide mandatory epilepsy awareness and seizure first aid training as part of health and safety and safeguarding requirements.

Epilepsy affects 1 in 100 people in the UK, yet many don’t know how to respond to a seizure, risking avoidable harm. This is personal to me—my 10-year-old son, Jayden, has epilepsy and relies on others to keep him safe at school and in public. No parent should fear this. Mandatory training in schools and workplaces would improve safety, reduce stigma, and help protect people like Jayden.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We already have a petition open on this subject and therefore can't open another one like it The open petition will get more support if other people like you and those who might have supported your petition sign it:

Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings

Timeline

20 Apr 2026	Petition opened for signatures
15 May 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 May 2026

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