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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paul Britton

Call for 'urgent action' to better protect fans and staff at large music venues

Ensuring proper provision of medical care at large music arenas and venues 'does not seem to have got any further forward' despite the harrowing evidence of the Manchester Arena public inquiry into the bombing and its many recommendations, its chairman has said.

Sir John Saunders has now called for 'urgent action' to be taken 'to rectify a situation that we were told was causing a loss of life'.

The Manchester Evening News reported a month ago the government was being urged to regulate healthcare at big events like concerts and music festivals to prevent 'unsafe care, abuse and deaths'.

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