Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve public awareness of basic life-saving first aid techniques.

Information on first aid techniques is available on the NHS Choices website:

https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/category.aspx?CategoryID=72

NHS organisations may offer first aid courses for businesses, organisations or individuals.

In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The national Public Health England ‘Act FAST’ campaign aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of stroke, teach people what to look out for in themselves and others, and encourage those who notice the symptoms to call 999.