Ambulance Liaison Officer resourcing
Manchester Arena Inquiry · Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · Issued 3 November 2022 · Addressed to: National Ambulance Resilience Unit, Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care
Government responseUK Government: Accepted (Nov 2025)
DeliveryCabinet Office says in progress (Feb 2026)
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry 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.
Manchester Arena Inquiry, Manchester Arena Inquiry: Volume 2: Emergency Response · 3 Nov 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
AI-generated evidence summary
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.
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 in progress · 27 Feb 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 statements on delivery (0)
●Cabinet Office · 14 Nov 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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