Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75524

Defibrillators

Tabled: 5 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support communities with the (a) maintenance and (b) running costs of public defibrillators.

Answer

Karin Smyth
To improve patients' survival rates following out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, the Government committed to improving access to Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life-saving devices. Foll...

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