Recommendation MAI-109: Review stretchers on Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should review whether stretchers should be carried on National Capability Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the recommendation was completed, recording that the "Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). This followed the UK Government's response in November 2025 accepting the recommendation in full, alongside an earlier update published that same month by the department that also marked the work as completed (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025; Cabinet Office, Nov 2025).
AI-generated summary of the record on this page, checked by a second model and automatic checks, 26 Sep 2026. The record below is the sources' own words.
Government response
Accepted in full
Delivery
Cabinet Office says completed (27 February 2026)
Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
Delivery statement