Recurring concern
Inadequate staff competence to provide first aid
- Reports that mention this concern
- 95
- Times this concern has been raised
- 111
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 176
What this concern includes
Includes deficiencies in first-aid or basic-life-support training, currency, refresher provision, competence assessment, practical skill, emergency recognition or ability to provide CPR and other appropriate first aid where these concern staff expected or likely to respond to emergencies.
What is not included
- Excludes failures concerning unrelated professional, clinical or record-keeping competence where first aid is not the safety issue.
- Excludes missing or inadequate first-aid equipment, facilities or emergency procedures unless the assertion also directly concerns staff competence to use them.
- Excludes delays or failures by emergency services or other responders that are not attributed to staff first-aid competence.
- Excludes generic workforce training deficiencies without a direct first-aid or basic-life-support component.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 95 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Failure to prevent first aid certificate lapses through a failsafe renewal system
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of formal first-aid and choking-response training among adult volunteers and teachers
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- London Borough of Lambeth
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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London Borough of Lambeth
Advise the Centre about accessible first-aid training and provide training details.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.2
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London Borough of Lambeth
The local authority does not offer free first-aid training, limiting its ability to provide that training directly.
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London Borough of Lambeth
The local authority has no specific enforcement powers in relation to the identified safeguarding, training and supervision matters.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of a requirement for care providers to ensure that care-home carers have first-aid training
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of mandatory first aid training for existing prison officers
This report raised 8 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of first aid training for staff involved with residents in sheltered housing schemes
Linked response
- Portsmouth City Council
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Portsmouth City Council
Provide sheltered housing staff with responding-to-accidents-and-sudden-illness training.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Portsmouth City Council
Additional first-aid training for sheltered housing staff is not required because their existing role-specific training is adequate and trained responders provide lifting support.
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Concerns raised1
Inadequate training of airline staff to recognise cardiac arrest and administer first aid or prompt CPR
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Emirates
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Emirates
Provide initial and annual refresher first-aid and CPR training to cabin crew, including recognition of abnormal breathing as a cardiac-arrest sign.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Emirates
Existing training, manuals and ongoing monitoring of resuscitation developments are considered sufficient; no additional cardiac-arrest training action is proposed.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of familiarity with first-aid life-saving techniques
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Insufficient first-aid training for staff supervising pupils
This report raised 12 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Bow School
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2
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Bow School
Provide all staff access to pupils’ medical-needs information through electronic registers and require confirmation that key medical-needs and safeguarding policies are understood.
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Bow School
Deliver additional HSE-approved first-aid training, prioritising staff supervising higher-risk or small-group settings.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.3
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Bow School
There is no requirement for all school staff to be first aiders, and teachers are not contractually required to provide first aid.
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Bow School
The school had an appropriate number of first aiders on site at all times, including when the death occurred.
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Bow School
School staff are not expected to perform first aid to the standard of clinicians; guidance requires only their best endeavours to secure pupil welfare.
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Concerns raised1
Lack of staff first aid training and choking-sign recognition
This report raised 5 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Department of Health and Social Care
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Department of Health and Social Care
The registered care provider is responsible for ensuring sufficient, qualified, competent and appropriately trained staff are deployed.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure responding staff have basic resuscitation training
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026