Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35499

Defibrillators and Heart Diseases: Basingstoke

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Luke Murphy

LabourBasingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) survival rates from out-of hospital cardiac arrests and (b) the availability of defibrillators in Basingstoke.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
To improve patients' survival rates following out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, the Government has committed to improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. ...

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