Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78733

Defibrillators

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69609 on Defibrillators in non-emergency ambulances, whether his Department has made an assessment of the consistency of Integrated Care Board

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has not made an assessment centrally. It is local NHS commissioners who are responsible for managing the NHS budget and arranging NHS healthcare services which meet the needs of their respective populations.Patients should undergo assessmen...

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