Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether tranexamic acid is used for accident victims to help control bleeding.

Tranexamic acid was introduced in all ambulance services in England for the management of traumatic bleeding and it forms part of the United Kingdom Clinical Practice Guidance for ambulance services. It is administered to patients with time critical injuries where significant internal/external haemorrhage is suspected and as part of the major trauma triage protocol.