Recommendation MAI-144: Mandatory Ambulance Liaison Officer at events
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Home Office should consider how the presence of an Ambulance Liaison Officer in appropriate circumstances may be made mandatory. This may need to be put on a statutory footing.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the recommendation remained in progress, stating that research projects were complete and an authorship group had begun drafting a healthcare standard for events that would consider the proposal in its scoping and writing stages (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had previously accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, which asked the Home Office to consider making the presence of an Ambulance Liaison Officer mandatory (Cabinet Office response, 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 in progress (27 February 2026)
This is considered as part of R132-R139 on developing a healthcare standard for events and will be included in scoping and writing stages, where appropriate. The research projects are complete and drafting of the Standard by the authorship group has begun.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
This is considered as part of R132-R139 on developing a healthcare standard for events and will be included in scoping and writing stages, where appropriate. The research projects are complete and drafting of the Standard by the authorship group has begun.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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