Defibrillators

(asked on 20th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of storing public access defibrillators in unlocked external cabinets.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 27th October 2026

Further to the answer the Hon. Member was provided on 26 October in response to Question 34958, data on the Circuit shows that 27% of defibrillator cabinets are kept unlocked.

On the wider issues raised, I refer him to the answers provided on 13 April in response to Question 123971 and on 24 June in response to Question 10525.

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