Question follow-through · 44198
Defibrillators and Heart Pacemakers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of pacemakers and implanted defibrillators.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the provision of pacemakers and implanted defibrillators.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
The volume of implantable devices purchased by cardiac providers has increased by 22% in 2024/25, when compared with the same period in 2023/24. Commissioned providers determine the need for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation using ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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