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
Inadequate controls for lithium-ion battery and charger compatibility 3 2 4 Jan 2024 Inadequate controls for oxygen-related fire risks 3 13 5 Jun 2025 Inadequate controls for sodium nitrite poisoning risks 3 4 9 Jul 2025 Inadequate controls for uterine rupture risks after prior uterine surgery 3 3 10 Sep 2025 Inadequate controls on access to functional weapons 3 4 17 Oct 2025 Inadequate controls on contraband mobile phones in prisons 3 5 4 Feb 2026 Inadequate controls on hazardous roadside vehicle stopping and parking 3 4 1 Aug 2023 Inadequate controls preventing falls from water-adjacent public routes 3 4 22 Feb 2023 Inadequate food-allergen information and warnings for allergic consumers 3 15 21 Nov 2022 Inadequate forward visibility from vehicles 3 4 2 Sep 2022 Inadequate guidance for managing fetal infection 3 10 24 Jun 2026 Inadequate guidance for managing large babies in pregnancy and birth 3 3 9 Nov 2021 Inadequate guidance for safe opioid prescribing 3 3 12 Jun 2024 Inadequate live-rail electrocution warnings at railway stations 3 4 18 May 2021 Inadequate patient bleeding-risk information for direct oral anticoagulant treatment 3 7 22 Jan 2026 Inadequate prison mental healthcare for people requiring hospital-level treatment 3 14 24 Nov 2025 Inadequate recognition and specialist support for ARFID 3 9 7 Jan 2026 Inadequate safety controls for accessible elevated areas in residential and rehabilitation accommodation 3 5 22 Oct 2025 Inadequate safety controls for helium canisters 3 2 20 Mar 2015 Inadequate safety controls for people near waste-collection bins and vehicles 3 8 22 Apr 2024 Inadequate safety controls for Taser use 3 3 25 Mar 2025 Inadequate training and continuing-development requirements for unregulated healthcare practitioners 3 5 28 Dec 2025 Inadequate training and guidance for asphyxia risks during restraint 3 8 15 Jan 2021 Inadequate visual collision-avoidance controls for aircraft in flight 3 2 24 Jul 2023 Incomplete NICE intrapartum care guidance 3 6 5 Nov 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