Outdated Emergency Preparedness Guidance
Outdated, fragmented, and overly long emergency preparedness guidance, lacking emphasis on recovery and identification of vulnerable people.
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Outdated Emergency Preparedness Guidance has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
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Inquiry Recommendations (14)
P2-44 — Consolidate and update emergency preparedness guidance
Recommendation: The current guidance on preparing for emergencies is contained in several documents, all of which are unduly long and in some respects out of date. We recommend that the guidance be revised, reduced in length and consolidated in one document …
Words of: HM Government, Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report: Government response (CP 1248), presented to Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, 26 February 2025
Gov response: The government accepts this recommendation. We will fully factor it into the outcomes of the resilience review. As a first step, we will publish the revised local responder guidance on ‘Identifying and Supporting Vulnerable People’ …
Accepted
MAI-123 — GM Resilience Forum tri-service plan reviews
Recommendation: The Greater Manchester Resilience Forum should oversee, at least every six months, a regular tri-service review of the Major Incident plans used by Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and North West Ambulance Service. The purpose of …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
MAI-99 — Review licensing guidance on event healthcare
Recommendation: The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should review the guidance given to all licensing authorities on the decisions they make in relation to venues that hold events, and on what level of event healthcare services may be required …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
MAI-46 — Guidance on Major Incident plan review frequency
Recommendation: His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, the College of Policing and the Home Office should issue guidance for all police services on how often operational plans for responding to a Major Incident, including a terrorist incident, …
Speaker not recorded. Source: Cabinet Office, Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard (government response status), 14 November 2025
Gov response: Accepted in full
Accepted
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COVID-M5.2 — Pandemic Exercises to Include Emergency Procurement
Recommendation: The UK government and devolved administrations should evaluate the readiness of the structures, systems and processes for the emergency procurement and distribution of healthcare equipment as part of UK-wide pandemic response exercises.
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
COVID-M5.1 — Pandemic Stockpile Composition and Inspection
Recommendation: The UK government and devolved administrations should ensure, within 12 months of the publication of this Report, that the pandemic stockpiles: retain stock that is better aligned with the range and severity of pandemic risks identified in the National Security …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
HIDD-79 — Department of Health to review Circular 71, clarifying Major Incident declaration terms
Recommendation: The Department of Health shall review DHSS Circular 71 in consultation with emergency and medical services to reflect all lessons learned but in particular in relation to procedures for declaring a Major Incident. The Department of Health shall specifically require …
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COVID-M5.7 — Trade and Industry in the Civil Emergency Strategy
Recommendation: The UK-wide whole-system civil emergency strategy, which the Inquiry has recommended should be developed by the UK government and devolved administrations (see the Inquiry’s Module 1 Report, Recommendation 4), should include specific objectives for international trade and domestic industry during …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
COVID-M5.6 — Blueprints for Critical Care Medical Technology
Recommendation: The UK government and devolved administrations should jointly commission a group of experts to develop blueprints for rapidly scalable critical care medical technology, aligned with the range and severity of pandemic risks identified in the National Security Risk Assessment, within …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
COVID-M5.5 — Emergency Healthcare Equipment Plan
Recommendation: UK regulators, including the Health and Safety Executive, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland, the Office for Product Safety and Standards and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, should establish an emergency healthcare equipment cross-regulator plan for …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
COVID-M5.4 — Emergency Healthcare Equipment Regulations
Recommendation: The UK government and devolved administrations should publish simplified regulations for emergency healthcare equipment that are aligned with and cover the range and severity of pandemic risks identified in the National Security Risk Assessment. The simplified regulations should: establish the …
Gov response: No formal government response published. The Northern Ireland Executive had not published a response to the Module 5 report of 14 July 2026 when the Executive Office's publications list was checked on 25 September 2026.
No response yet
CR16 — Mass rescue operation plan
Recommendation: HM Coastguard should develop a mass rescue operation plan that includes command and control, co-ordination, external stakeholders, medical and law enforcement roles, and public and external affairs.
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: HMCG refreshed its Mass Rescue Operations Plan in April 2026 (introduced in 2017 and previously amended in 2018 and 2021). It has been updated to ensure continued alignment with IAMSAR and internationally recognised documents such …
Accepted
CR5 — Mass Persons in Water Triage procedure
Recommendation: Those involved in maritime search and rescue should adopt formally the Mass Persons in the Water Triage procedure to govern the operational response to a maritime search and rescue incident when the number of people requiring rescue exceeds the capability …
Words of: Department for Transport, Cranston Inquiry Report: Interim Response (CP 1635), July 2026
Gov response: The Multiple Persons in Water Triage Tool developed by HMCG has been adopted by the RNLI and vessels that are contracted by Border Security Command (BSC). Following international consultation and endorsement through the International Mass …
Accepted
COVID-M2.10 — Pandemic Decision-Making Framework
Recommendation: The UK government and devolved administrations should set out in future pandemic preparedness strategies (see the Inquiry’s Module 1 Report, Recommendation 4) how decision-making will work in a future pandemic. This should include provision for COBR to be used as …
Words of: Welsh Government, UK Covid-19 Inquiry Modules 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Report (Core decision-making and political governance): Welsh Government response, 16 March 2026
Gov response: 3.1. The Welsh Government recognises that an effective response to large-scale emergencies affecting all parts of the UK requires close working among all four nations. We agree that decision-making and coordination processes and structures need …
Accepted