Recommendation MAI-157: Review stretcher availability for mass casualties
From Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response, published 3 November 2022.
Recommendation
The Home Office, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Transport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should conduct a review to ensure that stretchers that are appropriate in design and adequate in numbers are always available for use by the emergency services and in appropriate locations in the event of a mass casualty incident.
In brief (written by this site)
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the review of stretcher availability had been "completed and shared with relevant groups", advising that the recommendation could be marked as complete (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had accepted the recommendation in full in November 2025, when the dashboard first published this update recording the review as complete (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)
The stretcher review has been completed and shared with relevant groups and as such this recommendation can be marked as complete.
Earlier statement on delivery (1)
Cabinet Office (14 November 2025)
The stretcher review has been completed and shared with relevant groups and as such this recommendation can be marked as 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