7/7 emergency response failed
05/06/2006 14:02  - (SA)  

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London - An official report on Monday exposed what it called major and unacceptable failings in the response by the emergency services to the suicide bombings on London's transport last year.

Communications within and between the emergency services failed, thousands of survivors were left to cope on their own, and there was a lack of basic medical supplies, according to the report from the London Assembly's July 7 review committee.

The committee said it was "unacceptable" that the emergency services were still unable to communicate by radio when underground.

There was also an over-reliance on the mobile phone network, it said.

Lack of planning

The committee found that the most striking failure was the lack of planning to care for people who survived or were traumatised by the bombings.

The report revealed that as many as 6 000 people were likely to have been severely psychologically affected by the explosions but that the majority were still not known to the authorities or part of any support network.

This was "completely unacceptable", the report said.

 

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