Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Emergency Services
Commons · Question 25808 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether adrenaline auto-injectors are routinely carried by first responders.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 27 Jan 2025
Regulation 238 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 provides an exemption from certain requirements related to the administration of medicines and allows administration of adrenaline for the purpose of saving a life in an emergency. The provision under...