Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93923

Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Tabled: 24 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the most up to date NHS advice is for the application of a second Adrenaline Auto-Injectors in an anaphylactic emergency.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

While adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) are prescription only medicines, given by intramuscular injection, regulation 238 of the Human Medicine Regulations 2012 allows anyone to administer adrenaline for the purpose of saving a life in an emergency. This i...

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