Question follow-through · 61449

Defibrillators: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a national register of defibrillators.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
30 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a national register of defibrillators.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Circuit is the independently operated national automated external defibrillator databased, developed by a partnership of the British Heart Foundation, the National Health Service, the Resuscitation Council UK, and the Association of Ambulance Chief Ex...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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