Defibrillators
Commons · Question 129572 · Tabled 23 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support shops, small businesses and public buildings to host publicly accessible defibrillators.
Answer
Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 29 Apr 2026
The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the...