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
Failure to maintain adequate lighting in occupied premises 2 2 6 Sep 2023 Failure to maintain auditable records of safety-critical telephone communications and actions 2 3 27 Oct 2023 Failure to maintain complete and timely probation records 2 8 29 Aug 2019 Failure to maintain current tank-status information for live firing exercises 2 2 18 Jul 2018 Failure to maintain effective environmental cleaning in healthcare settings 2 3 15 Dec 2023 Failure to maintain effective regulatory airworthiness controls for aircraft 2 3 30 May 2025 Failure to maintain primary-care involvement in patients’ changing mental-health needs 2 7 14 Nov 2025 Failure to maintain safe indoor temperatures in occupied premises 2 3 5 Feb 2021 Failure to make required contact with approved family and support contacts 2 6 30 Jun 2023 Failure to make roadside obstructions visible to approaching road users 2 6 17 Sep 2019 Failure to manage sleep deprivation risks to mental health and suicide 2 5 27 Jun 2022 Failure to obtain and consider relevant treating psychiatrists' views 2 2 4 Feb 2026 Failure to obtain clinically indicated spinal imaging before treatment 2 2 26 Nov 2019 Failure to preserve and document fatal incident scenes for investigation 2 11 15 May 2022 Failure to prevent harmful isolation among vulnerable mental-health service users 2 5 13 Nov 2023 Failure to prevent unauthorised access to operational sites 2 3 25 Aug 2020 Failure to prevent undeclared allergens in food 2 10 21 Nov 2022 Failure to prevent unsafe access to elevated roofs 2 5 22 Oct 2025 Failure to prevent unsafe unaccompanied exit by vulnerable care-home residents 2 3 26 Oct 2022 Failure to prioritise clinical care over administrative work 2 3 2 May 2025 Failure to promptly enter and assess patients when welfare concerns arise 2 2 22 Aug 2022 Failure to protect safety-critical healthcare professional titles 2 2 26 Mar 2026 Failure to protect underage food-delivery riders from road traffic collisions 2 9 5 Dec 2025 Failure to provide accessible deportation information to detained prisoners 2 2 26 Jan 2022 Failure to provide adequate school swimming education 2 2 30 Jan 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