Adrenaline Auto-injectors: First Aid and Schools
Commons · Question 20823 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Allison Gardner
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to improve access to adrenaline pens (a) for first aid organisations and (b) in schools.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 23 Dec 2024
Since October 2017, the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 have allowed all schools to buy adrenaline auto-injector (AAI) devices without a prescription, for emergency use. The Department has published non-statutory guidance to accompany this le...