Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 2770

Defibrillators

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide a sufficient number of public defibrillators to ensure that one is always accessible within five minutes of a cardiac arrest.

Answer

The Government is committed to improving access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. We have made a further £500,000 available to fulfil existing applications to the...
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