HC Deb 15 November 1983 vol 48 cc426-7W
33. Mr. Neil Thorne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what drugs and medical equipment and supplies will be made available for issue to community first aid posts in a war or other national emergency.

Mr. John Patten

Health Service civil defence planning guidance is currently under review and both the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing have agreed to contribute to the revised guidance. The present advice relating to first aid posts, which in the main would be manned by first aiders, is that they would be supplied with equipment with which staff are familiar and have been trained to use.