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 police emergency-vehicle siren controls
2
2
4 Jun 2021
Unreliable police search coordination and information
2
3
8 Nov 2016
Unreliable post-operative extubation decision and management
2
4
30 Sep 2019
Unreliable pre-activity safety liaison arrangements
2
3
1 Oct 2015
Unreliable prison response to positive drug tests
2
7
28 May 2025
Unreliable prison-to-court transfer information
2
4
26 Nov 2019
Unreliable progression of people through police custody
2
3
23 Jul 2019
Unreliable Prove The Gun drill procedures
2
2
18 Jul 2018
Unreliable provision and readiness of torches for safety-critical site and search work
2
2
30 Mar 2026
Unreliable public-protection safeguards for s41 restriction-order patients
2
6
16 Feb 2024
Unreliable public understanding of smart motorway safety arrangements
2
2
16 Sep 2022
Unreliable receipt, prioritisation and clinical review of hospital discharge summaries
2
2
3 Mar 2016
Unreliable recognition and management of nicotine withdrawal
2
4
15 Dec 2016
Unreliable recognition and referral of cancer red flags
2
3
5 Jun 2026
Unreliable recognition and response to heat illness in safety-critical operations
2
3
1 Nov 2019
Unreliable recognition and treatment of opioid withdrawal
2
7
10 Jan 2019
Unreliable recognition, monitoring and management of electrolyte abnormalities
2
7
14 Nov 2024
Unreliable recording and follow-up of clinical escalations
2
3
20 Jan 2026
Unreliable recording and involvement of prisoners’ next of kin
2
10
10 Mar 2026
Unreliable recording of clinical governance meeting concerns and actions
2
2
23 Apr 2025
Unreliable recording of designated doctor visits and review requests
2
3
7 Mar 2022
Unreliable recording of drug-related deaths and casualties
2
9
8 Dec 2025
Unreliable recording of safety-critical police incident locations
2
3
30 Mar 2026
Unreliable recording of safety-critical prisoner behaviour and welfare information
2
4
6 Oct 2017
Unreliable regulation and enforcement of e-scooter use
2
14
11 Jul 2023
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