Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 74951
Heart Diseases: Females
Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Question
Dr Caroline Johnson
Conservative — Sleaford and North Hykeham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which females who have an out of hospital cardiac arrest are less likely to receive (a) resuscitation and (b) defibrillation than males.
Answer
Ashley DaltonImmediate resuscitation and defibrillation can substantially improve the chance of survival after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. While fewer than one in ten people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, defibrillation within three to five minutes ...
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