Is there enough medical equipment and supplies at stations to cope with a major emergency?
Not yet. The report says the attacks exposed the ambulance service’s lack of capacity to get equipment and supplies to the scenes. It says that supplies should be stored at stations. The ambulance service and London Underground have until November to report progress on implementing this recommendation. London Underground has also been asked to supply basic first aid kits on trains, but not until next year. Have lessons been learned from talking to survivors? No. An estimated 4,000 people were directly affected by the explosions, but the majority are still not known to the authorities. The committee has praised the government for “belatedly” contacting survivors. It says we can learn an “enormous amount” from the experience of survivors. It urges the Metropolitan police to ensure that the personal details of survivors are collected at the scenes of all major incidents in future. What reaction has there been to the report? The Conservative’s homeland security spokesman, Patrick Mercer, s
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