Heart Diseases: Bath
Commons · Question 111783 · Tabled 9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Wera Hobhouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) increase survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) increase the availability of defibrillators in Bath.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Feb 2026
In order to increase survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, NHS England has worked in partnership with St John’s Ambulance and others to increase access to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training. Local ambulance trusts, charities includ...