Defibrillators: Care Homes and Sheltered Housing
(asked on 21st October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the number of defibrillators at (a) care homes, (b) sheltered housing and (c) warden controlled properties.
This question was answered on 28th October 2025
The provision of defibrillators is a matter for local communities, working in partnership with local organisations and charities.
Decisions as to whether automated external defibrillators should be fitted is a matter for the owners of those properties, with regard to any legal requirements on the operation of those premises.