From 2020 Basic First Aid Skills and CPR are to go on the National Curriculum for schools across the UK
Simon Gillespie, chief executive of the BHF, said: “Adding CPR to the curriculum in England will mark a defining moment in improving the UK’s shockingly low survival rates from cardiac arrests.“Fewer than one in ten people survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest in the UK, but evidence suggests nearly one in four could survive if all young people are trained with lifesaving CPR skills.
“The government’s announcement is the result of years of tireless campaigning, and sends a clear message that they are committed to empowering young people with lifesaving skills they will take in to adulthood.
“This historic move will transform cardiac arrest survival rates in the years to come.” – Independent July 2018
