I think that the main issue that I have with this video isn't that he is saying that x, y or z should be covered because I think that a lot of us would agree that most of what he says is important (as a doctor who has worked in general practice I definitely think that having a bit more taught to people on the basics of first aid and self care would be helpful. As would teaching about symptoms not to ignore). The main issue I think is that he doesn't seem to see the value in a lot of subjects. It is a fine line between making sure that people are taught basic life skills but not minimising the academic side of things too much.
I think that Forestcats idea of including these things into pre-existing subjects where possible would be a good one.
I would have concerns about people dropping any key subjects (Maths, Science and English) before the end of year 11 personally and any other major subject (language, humanities, arts, technology) before the end of year 9 as I think that everyone needs to be given a solid grounding in these subjects so that they can decide if it is something that they want to take further in their studies or not.
It definitely made me think though