Question follow-through · 35498

Defibrillators: Basingstoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage community organisations in Basingstoke to register automated external defibrillators with the national defibrillator network.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
6 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage community organisations in Basingstoke to register automated external defibrillators with the national defibrillator network.

  2. 6 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    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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