Adrenaline Auto-injectors: Pharmacy
Commons · Question 93925 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Gareth Snell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a pharmacist can use an Adrenaline Auto-Injector from their pharmacy on someone having an anaphylactic emergency.
Answer
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...