Event Safety & Operational Readiness

Overview

Event Safety & Operational Readiness support helps organisations delivering event medical and safety services prepare plans that stand up to real-world delivery and external scrutiny.

The focus is on ensuring medical, safety and operational arrangements are clear, coordinated and ready to function in live event environments; supporting smooth submission to local authorities and healthcare partners, and confident responses where further assurance is requested. It can be delivered independently or as part of wider preparatory work, such as Regulatory Applicability & CQC Readiness.

When This is Useful

This service is particularly suited to organisations who:

• Are preparing event safety and medical plans for submission to local authorities, Safety Advisory Groups or healthcare partners

• Deliver medical or safety provision within live, public-facing events

• Operate in complex, dynamic or higher-risk environments where conditions can change quickly

• Need to coordinate with multiple partners, contractors or agencies with clear roles and escalation routes

• Have been asked to provide further clarification or assurance following plan review

• Want confidence that plans are practical, proportionate and workable on the day, not just compliant on paper

It is especially relevant where medical provision, escalation and incident response arrangements are central to event delivery, and where assurance is required that these arrangements will function effectively under live operational conditions.

What’s Involved

Support is tailored to your organisation and proportionate to the scale, risk profile and operational complexity of the event. The scope and depth of work are agreed in advance and may include:

• Reviewing or developing event safety and operational plans
  To ensure medical, safety and operational arrangements are clear, coordinated and ready for live delivery.

• Clarifying roles, responsibilities and decision-making authority
  Providing confidence around who is responsible for what, and how decisions will be made under pressure during live events.

• Reviewing escalation and incident management arrangements
  To ensure escalation pathways, command structures and response arrangements are proportionate, well-governed and understood.

• Integrating safety, medical and operational plans
  Bringing together multiple plans and inputs into a single, coherent approach that supports effective coordination and inter-agency working.

• Reviewing risk assessments and mitigation measures
  Ensuring risks, controls and assumptions are realistic, proportionate and aligned to how the event will operate in practice.

• Pre-event readiness and assurance reviews
  Providing structured assurance ahead of live delivery or external submission, including where further clarification or evidence is required by councils or healthcare partners.

You can expect proportionate, well-structured documentation aligned to the nature of the event, clear identification of gaps and priority actions, and improved confidence for organisers and senior decision-makers.