FOI/2025/26/243
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| Reference | FOI/2025/26/243 |
|---|---|
| Description | Basic Life Support training |
| Date requested | 04/10/2025 |
| Attachments | N/A |
Request
I am a first-year medical student participating in a cross-cultural study between the UK and Bulgaria. Myself and other NHS professionals and students would like to ask the following questions, so that we can compare this to the training done in Bulgaria, before a Resus council is set up there.
1/ Is Basic Life Support course mandatory for the medical professionals working for the Trust? YES
2/ How many courses per year does your resus training department deliver? Approx. 500 courses per year
3/ What percentage of doctors/nurses/midwives and other allied health professionals have done BLS training in the last 1 year? 94%
4/ What percentage of your medical personnel have profession specific Advanced Life Support training? As a community trust we don’t do ALS but we do ILS. 100%