Question follow-through · 29209
Defibrillators
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a national strategy to place defibrillators in high need areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a national strategy to place defibrillators in high need areas.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
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. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in in September 2023,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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