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 safety assessment during vulnerable-person home visits 3 7 3 Oct 2018 Unreliable safety controls for shooting-range operations 3 3 10 Jun 2021 Unreliable safety review and escalation when clinical appointments are delayed or cancelled 3 10 25 Mar 2024 Unreliable second prison reception health screening 3 4 13 Jul 2017 Unreliable security alarms for detecting insecure exits and access 3 7 31 Jul 2017 Unreliable social-care case review and closure decisions 3 3 14 Nov 2023 Unreliable specialist support for reducing and withdrawing from prescribed opioids 3 5 3 Mar 2026 Unreliable stability controls for wheeled furniture in patient-care areas 3 5 6 Jun 2023 Unreliable supervision and competence assurance for trainee medical staff 3 6 13 Jan 2025 Unreliable tracking and completeness checking of faxed referrals and information 3 7 14 May 2018 Unreliable tracking and transfer of completed mental health-related forms 3 18 6 Jul 2021 Unreliable transfer of cases between police forces 3 4 19 Oct 2025 Unreliable transfer of hospital discharge information to prison healthcare 3 3 10 Aug 2016 Unreliable use of Mental Health Act holding powers 3 9 19 Dec 2022 Unreliable vehicle reversing safety controls around pedestrians 3 1 19 Jul 2021 Unsafe administration of intravascular contrast media 3 7 14 Mar 2025 Unsafe amiodarone treatment management 3 4 20 Mar 2022 Unsafe bus stop siting and pedestrian access 3 5 10 Apr 2019 Unsafe catheterisation practice 3 4 26 Sep 2017 Unsafe coordination of thrombolysis care 3 6 14 Nov 2025 Unsafe endotracheal tube management 3 11 6 Sep 2021 Unsafe feticide and post-feticide care 3 5 3 Nov 2021 Unsafe home-visit policies for clinical and personal-safety decisions 3 4 29 Aug 2019 Unsafe implementation of early discharge pathways 3 4 7 Jan 2016 Unsafe implementation of Right Care, Right Person attendance decisions 3 4 1 Dec 2025

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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