Recommendation MAI-156: Ambulance Liaison Officer resourcing
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Home Office, the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should consider how to ensure that the role of an Ambulance Liaison Officer is properly resourced and also whether venue operators should fund the presence of an Ambulance Liaison Officer where one is required.
In brief (written by this site)
In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported that the recommendation remained in progress, explaining that Ambulance Liaison Officer resourcing was being considered as part of developing a healthcare standard for events, with research completed and drafting underway (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, when the department first confirmed that the matter would be included in the scoping and writing stages of the standard (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 in progress (27 February 2026)
This is considered as part of a number of recommendations 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 a number of recommendations 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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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response - Cabinet Office
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