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In Australia, which has a similar legal system to the UK, there is a concept of "duty of care". Businesses are obligated to provide a safe environment for their workers and the general public.
At a certain point depending on the size of the business, this usually means having personnel in the business that can provide first aid and have general emergency training (eg being a fire warden).
Tesco is a large business and should have systems in place to manage their duty of care across all their stores. At the very least having at least one person in the building trained in first aid, so that people don't die from simply not being in the right position while unconscious.