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Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Commons · Question 93920 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

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Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the MHRA allows an AAI prescribed to someone else to be used on a person having an anaphylactic reaction.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 1 Dec 2025

Regulation 238 of the Human Medicines Regulation 2012 permits the administration of adrenaline by auto-injector for use in anaphylaxis for the purpose of saving a life. The regulation does not specifically provide for, or prevent the use of, an adrenaline...