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Adrenaline Auto-injectors

Commons · Question 93923 · 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, what the most up to date NHS advice is for the application of a second Adrenaline Auto-Injectors in an anaphylactic emergency.

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 Dec 2025

While adrenaline auto-injectors (AAIs) are prescription only medicines, given by intramuscular injection, regulation 238 of the Human Medicine Regulations 2012 allows anyone to administer adrenaline for the purpose of saving a life in an emergency. This i...