Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, if she will give everyone the opportunity of learning basic first aid.

NHS England is working with St John Ambulance to create a national network of community advocates to champion the importance of first aid, training 60,000 people which will help save up to 4,000 lives each year by 2028. There are currently a wide range of independent providers who offer first aid training. NHS.UK also provides information on basic first aid, such as the treatment of the most common accidents and emergencies such as a heavy bleed, a burn or an anaphylaxis shock.