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Professor Andy Lockey, MBE

Tick_stroke President of Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) receives MBE in King’s inaugural New Year Honours List

Professor Andy Lockey, President of RCUK has received an MBE in King Charles III’s inaugural New Year Honours List.

Professor Lockey has led the Resuscitation Council UK’s ‘Restart a Heart’ initiative since its inception in 2016.

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Tick_stroke Results of the 2022 Honorary Members nominations and the Executive Committee election. 

We are pleased to announce the results of 2022 Honorary Members nominations and the Executive Committee election. 

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UK Houses of Parliament

Tick_stroke New All Party Parliamentary Group for investigating and improving public access to Defibrillators

RCUK welcomes the formation of a new APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) dedicated to investigating and improving public access to Automated External Defibrillators (AED)s. 

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Rebecca running

Tick_stroke Woman who survived four cardiac arrests on signing up to the ReSPECT process

Rebecca Langley was just 30 when she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer in 2017, needing surgery to remove her colon and four tumours.

But a severe reaction to the chemotherapy, given six weeks after the surgery, led to Rebecca having two seizures and a series of four cardiac arrests, landing her in intensive care for seven days fighting for her life. 

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