Emergency Services: Adrenaline Auto-injectors
Commons · Question 79103 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether first responders are (a) trained and (b) equipped to administer EpiPens in emergency situations; and what guidance is in place on their use.
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...