Adequate first responder training time for police
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Each police service must ensure that adequate time is allocated to the training of all police officers and frontline police staff in first responder interventions.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
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In February 2026, the Cabinet Office reported the recommendation as completed, stating that a revised First Aid Learning Programme incorporating life-saving elements was published to forces in summer 2023, with full implementation expected in spring or summer 2025 and work closed through NPCC governance in May 2024 (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). The UK Government had earlier recorded the recommendation as accepted in full in November 2025 (Cabinet Office response, Nov 2025).
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Government response
●UK Government · Accepted · 14 Nov 2025
Accepted in full
Response document: Manchester Arena Inquiry recommendations (GOV.UK page linking to the Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard)
Delivery
●Cabinet Office says completed · 27 Feb 2026
New Training First Aid Learning Programme (FALP) - The new FALP training now incorporates critical life saving elements alongside the recommendations of the Manchester Arena Inquiry. The revised FALP includes learning outcomes relating to triage, supporting the use of Ten Second Triage (TST) tool. The new FALP was published to forces in summer 2023, with an expectation for full implementation in the training year spring/summer 25. This work strand was closed via NPCC Governance May 2024.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
New Training First Aid Learning Programme (FALP) - The new FALP training now incorporates critical life saving elements alongside the recommendations of the Manchester Arena Inquiry. The revised FALP includes learning outcomes relating to triage, supporting the use of Ten Second Triage (TST) tool. The new FALP was published to forces in summer 2023, with an expectation for full implementation in the training year spring/summer 25. This work strand was closed via NPCC Governance May 2024.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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