Safety concerns raised by coroners
Explore concerns raised in Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports.
Recurring concerns bring together individual concerns from different reports that describe the same underlying safety problem.
1,669 recurring concerns
Concern
Trend
Reports
Recipients
Latest report
Unreliable use of the MARAC process for domestic abuse risk management
4
13
18 Nov 2020
Unreliable wheelchair fall-prevention controls
4
5
16 Dec 2021
Unsafe agricultural tractor and trailer safety arrangements
4
8
26 Sep 2025
Unsafe cervical-collar provision and management
4
5
28 Aug 2025
Unsafe loading and unloading of heavy vehicle loads
4
6
26 Jun 2023
Unsafe management of pneumothorax
4
8
17 Jan 2023
Unsafe management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding
4
9
18 Dec 2023
Unsafe operation of door-closing systems
4
7
12 Dec 2016
Unsafe patient cannulation
4
10
14 Nov 2023
Unsafe police conveyance of mental health patients
4
11
25 Jul 2025
Unsafe prescribing for patients consuming excessive alcohol
4
6
9 Aug 2022
Unsafe recognition and management of hypoglycaemia
4
8
30 Jul 2025
Unsafe shared cycle and pedestrian route design
4
5
4 Nov 2024
Unsafe tractor and trailer coupling systems
4
8
26 Nov 2024
Unsafe use and management of patient slings
4
12
18 Sep 2023
Unsafe vehicle lighting and signalling controls
4
8
9 Dec 2021
Clinical layouts failing to support full patient oversight
3
4
30 Sep 2022
Failure of electronic prescription systems to support reliable prescribing and dispensing
3
6
26 Jun 2023
Failure of microbiology testing services to provide timely and reliable results
3
3
5 Jun 2026
Failure to adapt academic decisions and support to student vulnerability
3
4
10 Jul 2024
Failure to assess and respond to limb viability concerns
3
3
18 Jun 2025
Failure to assess and respond to mental-health risks arising during child protection and care proceedings
3
13
30 May 2024
Failure to assess risks before introducing new work procedures
3
3
12 Feb 2025
Failure to control blind-cord strangulation risks in residential properties
3
3
26 Jul 2022
Failure to control bullying in institutional settings
3
4
8 Dec 2025
Recurring concerns bring together reports that describe the same underlying safety problem. Open one to compare the individual concerns and original wording.
Data last updated 7 September 2026