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Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on maintaining the defibrillator network.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on maintaining the defibrillator network.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not maintain the automated external defibrillator (AED) network.The Circuit is the independently operated national AED database, developed by a partnership of the British Heart Foundation, the National Health Service, the Resuscitation...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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