Recurring concern
Failure to acknowledge and act on family and carer safety concerns in patient care
- Reports that mention this concern
- 19
- Times this concern has been raised
- 22
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 32
What this concern includes
Includes failures within patient-care processes to receive, acknowledge, recognise, record, investigate, escalate or act on safety concerns raised by parents, families, carers or next of kin, including concerns about a child's condition or care and concerns raised during hospital or community care.
What is not included
- Excludes generic communication, information-sharing or documentation deficiencies where no family or carer safety concern about patient care is involved.
- Excludes routine dissatisfaction or complaints without a material patient-safety concern.
- Excludes concerns raised by employees, clinicians or other professionals when the unsafe condition is not the handling of a family or carer concern.
- Excludes failures confined to informing families or carers about care when they did not themselves raise a safety concern.
- Excludes complaints-handling failures in non-healthcare settings or care-setting-specific processes where an existing narrower concern provides the more faithful boundary.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 19 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Failure to escalate care in response to clearly expressed parental concerns about a deteriorating child
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Develop, ratify, disseminate and audit a paediatric examination SOP covering escalation, SBAR handovers, senior opinions and mandatory face-to-face review before discharge.
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Advise clinicians to seek senior review when caregivers remain concerned after clinical review.
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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Implement the nationally approved Paediatric Early Warning System observation and escalation charts.
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Concerns raised2
Failure to involve the deceased patient's family in the Trust investigation
Failure to action family concerns and escalations about urgent medication
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Share learning about involving pharmacy expertise in clinical review investigations with the Clinical Review Group chair.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record and convey family health concerns
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Care Quality Commission
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Care Quality Commission
The provider has taken sufficient action to mitigate risks and prevent future deaths.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record significant family concerns and patient accounts
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to act on deterioration or requests for earlier prompt review raised through the flagging process
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record concerns raised by family members
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to respond to or act on family concerns
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to escalate family reports of changes in presentation for multidisciplinary review
This report raised 16 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Ensure AABIT staff are competent in risk assessment and escalation of risk.
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Concerns raised3
Failure to act on family concerns and requests about bed rails
Failure to risk assess family concerns and bed-rail requests
Failure to document family concerns and bed-rail requests
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- European Care
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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European Care
Carry out bed-rail risk assessments within 24 hours of admission and review them monthly or when residents’ needs change.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026