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 mental-health inpatient bed allocation decisions 2 3 14 Sep 2025 Unreliable mental health support pathways for young people who disengage 2 6 9 Mar 2017 Unreliable methotrexate safety information and guidance 2 2 20 Feb 2026 Unreliable military-exercise heat-risk requirements and controls 2 1 1 Nov 2019 Unreliable monitoring and emergency response during detainee transport 2 5 20 Feb 2026 Unreliable MOSOVO management of sexual and violent offenders 2 8 11 Mar 2025 Unreliable multi-agency control of home fire risks for vulnerable residents 2 6 3 Oct 2024 Unreliable multidisciplinary and interagency care planning for mental-health relapse 2 4 25 Feb 2022 Unreliable Mycobacterium Chimaera infection-risk information and notification 2 5 29 Jun 2023 Unreliable notification of domestic abuse victims about bail and protective-order decisions 2 8 18 Nov 2020 Unreliable nutrition and hydration safety governance 2 3 28 Nov 2022 Unreliable Occupational Health support before and during assessment 2 4 14 Jan 2025 Unreliable Ofsted inspection processes 2 3 12 Dec 2023 Unreliable operation and access of the BadgerNet clinical information system 2 6 9 Nov 2023 Unreliable operation of the Oxevision patient-monitoring system 2 2 8 Feb 2026 Unreliable Oramorph storage and handling controls 2 4 30 Dec 2022 Unreliable out-of-hours access to hospital theatres 2 4 26 Nov 2013 Unreliable oxygen concentrator safety controls 2 5 26 May 2016 Unreliable oxygen humidifier safety controls 2 8 3 Feb 2017 Unreliable patient whiteboard information systems 2 6 17 Dec 2013 Unreliable PAT testing and safety assurance for electrical equipment 2 3 17 Nov 2025 Unreliable place-of-safety arrangements for intoxicated or mentally unwell people at immediate risk 2 6 26 Feb 2021 Unreliable plaster-cast care and management 2 4 12 Dec 2017 Unreliable police access to safety-critical CCTV information 2 4 8 May 2024 Unreliable police and ambulance coordination for patient transport assistance 2 5 20 Aug 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