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 out-of-area patient bed allocation and repatriation arrangements
3
5
19 Sep 2023
Unreliable pathology report tracking and follow-up
3
7
17 Oct 2023
Unreliable patient contact during urgent recall and follow-up
3
6
11 Jan 2023
Unreliable personal emergency alarms for people requiring assistance
3
4
6 Jun 2024
Unreliable police-hospital exchange of risk information during mental-health patient supervision
3
12
3 Jun 2024
Unreliable police safety response to suspected drug swallowing by detainees
3
7
4 Mar 2025
Unreliable pre-operative preparation and safety checks
3
6
17 Jan 2018
Unreliable prescription collection and delivery arrangements
3
7
8 Mar 2022
Unreliable prison fire detection systems
3
4
18 Mar 2026
Unreliable probation recall processes
3
6
26 Jul 2024
Unreliable procedures for recognising and confirming death
3
6
18 Jul 2018
Unreliable railway-station detection and alerting for persons on the line
3
5
29 May 2020
Unreliable rapid assessment and treatment for walk-in Emergency Department patients
3
8
11 Aug 2020
Unreliable recognition and assessment of anaemia
3
8
16 Sep 2021
Unreliable recording of police investigative actions and decisions
3
10
27 Nov 2023
Unreliable recording of reported crimes
3
3
30 Apr 2021
Unreliable recording of service-user movements
3
3
8 Jun 2023
Unreliable referrals to acute dietetic services
3
4
6 Nov 2018
Unreliable regulatory control of dangerous psychoactive substances
3
3
5 Nov 2024
Unreliable remote assessment and triage of ill infants
3
5
6 Jan 2026
Unreliable response to falls at elderly people's homes
3
4
12 Aug 2024
Unreliable road closure arrangements for hazardous roads
3
4
17 Jul 2024
Unreliable safeguarding information management in schools and colleges
3
3
4 Feb 2026
Unreliable safeguarding response to medication maladministration
3
3
12 Nov 2025
Unreliable safety arrangements for organised motorsport events
3
6
5 Feb 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