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Commons · Question 79101 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise public awareness on (a) the signs of anaphylaxis and (b) the appropriate use of EpiPens.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 29 Oct 2025

Since October 2017, the Human Medicines (Amendment) Regulations 2017 has allowed all schools to buy adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) without a prescription, for emergency use on children who are at risk of anaphylaxis but whose own device is not available...