Recurring concern
Unreliable morbidity and mortality review processes
- Reports that mention this concern
- 18
- Times this concern has been raised
- 19
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 30
What this concern includes
Includes failures in formal morbidity and mortality review processes, including initiating or scheduling reviews, ensuring relevant departments and specialists contribute, conducting meaningful discussion, recording conclusions and learning, and following through required review discussions or actions.
What is not included
- Excludes general clinical governance, incident investigation or organisational-learning failures where no morbidity and mortality review is identified.
- Excludes failures to implement corrective actions after a morbidity and mortality review has reliably established its findings, unless the review process itself was also deficient.
- Excludes routine clinical meetings, audits and case discussions that are not formal morbidity and mortality reviews.
- Excludes the underlying patient-care failure or death where no deficiency in the morbidity and mortality review process is asserted.
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 18 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record morbidity and mortality meeting minutes
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Oxford University Hospitals 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.2
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Discuss and minute clinically concerning, potentially learnable TVVN vascular deaths at quarterly network morbidity and mortality meetings, sharing minutes across the Network.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Amend the OUH Vascular Surgery monthly morbidity and mortality meeting to discuss non-OUH vascular-related deaths.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to follow the Mortality Review policy and complete serious incident reviews promptly
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- UHDB
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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UHDB
Review and revise the mortality governance policy against neighbouring Trusts, national guidance, and identified failings, then seek governance-group approval.
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UHDB
Generate and audit 72-hour reports for severe-harm incidents and unexpected deaths to assure proportionate review and compliance.
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UHDB
Disseminate the revised mortality review policy through Divisional presentations, Trust learning fora, and the Senior Leaders forum.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to undertake anaesthetic morbidity and mortality reviews and share learning
This report raised 8 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
- NHS England
- University Hospitals Sussex 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.4
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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Discuss HSIB investigation outputs and learning through Intensive Care, Maternity Mortality and Morbidity, and other Trust forums.
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NHS England
Share learning from Teegan’s death through the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group network and relevant organisations.
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NHS England
Ask regional Regulation 28 Working Group members to share learning with Integrated Care Boards for onward dissemination to trusts across England.
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NHS England
Discuss all Prevention of Future Deaths reports through the Regulation 28 Working Group to share learning, identify trends and consider further review or action.
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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NHS England
The identified care, evidence-handling, Duty of Candour and investigation concerns fall outside HEE’s current role and statutory responsibilities.
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Concerns raised1
Uncertainty about discussion of patient care at the relevant morbidity and mortality meeting
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Whittington Health 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.1
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Whittington Health NHS Trust
Collate learning from deaths and report it quarterly to the Trust board-level Quality Assurance Meeting.
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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Whittington Health NHS Trust
Existing mortality review meetings and reporting arrangements were considered sufficient to capture and share learning from deaths.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to commission a LeDeR review
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
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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NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
The LeDeR review was held under national and regional guidance during the inquest, and no coroner-requested review was received.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of mortality and harm review to identify the need for a Serious Incident Review
This report raised 9 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 review cases and learn lessons through morbidity and mortality or other forums
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Medway 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.2
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Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Present the case and learning at a multidisciplinary Grand Round, reminding clinicians to interpret D-Dimers with the recognised screening tool.
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Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Have the Medical Examiner review post-mortem reports and route identified concerns through the Patient Safety and Learning from Deaths programmes.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to obtain ENT input before mortality review conclusions
This report raised 13 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.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026