Review analgesia rollout to HART operatives
If the decision is that the regulatory regime should be altered in this way, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider urgently whether the use of such analgesia should be rolled out to all Hazardous Area Response Team and other specialist operatives, as part of their basic equipment, and to paramedics more generally.
- The dashboard states that once regulatory requirements are confirmed, the proposal is to roll out analgesia in a phased approach as more evidence on use in different patient groups is reviewed (Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, Cabinet Office, February 2026).
How was this evidence gathered?
Response
Accepted
Response
Accepted
Progress Timeline
Once regulatory requirements are confirmed, the proposal is to roll out in a phased approach as more evidence in relation to use in different patient groups reviewed.
Once regulatory requirements are confirmed, the proposal is to roll out in a phased approach as more evidence in relation to use in different patient groups reviewed.
Published Evidence
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Government published formal Manchester Arena Inquiry recommendations dashboard on GOV.UK (14 November 2025) tracking all 149 recommendations with implementation progress updates.
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