Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93920

Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the MHRA allows an AAI prescribed to someone else to be used on a person having an anaphylactic reaction.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
Regulation 238 of the Human Medicines Regulation 2012 permits the administration of adrenaline by auto-injector for use in anaphylaxis for the purpose of saving a life. The regulation does not specifically provide for, or prevent the use of, an adrenaline...

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