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Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing a national defibrillator strategy.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
23 Mar 2026
Answer
31 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing a national defibrillator strategy.

  2. 23 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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