Review stretchers on Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: National Ambulance Resilience Unit, Department of Health and Social Care
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says completed (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Department of Health and Social Care and the National Ambulance Resilience Unit should review whether stretchers should be carried on National Capability Mass Casualty Equipment Vehicles.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
The Cabinet Office reported in February 2026 that the recommendation was completed, recording that the "Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete" (Cabinet Office, Feb 2026). This followed the UK Government's response in November 2025 accepting the recommendation in full, alongside an earlier update published that same month by the department that also marked the work as completed (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.
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
Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete.
Earlier statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 2025
Roll out of (new) Mass Casualty Vehicles complete.
From: Manchester Arena Inquiry Recommendations Dashboard, original version (data file)
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