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 bowel monitoring and charting
3
4
14 Feb 2017
Unreliable cardiology pathways for specialist review
3
5
6 Mar 2026
Unreliable care and protection arrangements for people with chronic alcohol dependence
3
4
13 Oct 2025
Unreliable chest X-ray referral and ordering
3
5
6 Feb 2024
Unreliable clinical review of observation charts
3
4
2 Dec 2023
Unreliable communication of care-review meeting outcomes
3
4
2 May 2025
Unreliable Consultant-to-Consultant referral processes
3
7
23 Jun 2025
Unreliable coordinated review of vulnerable residents’ support needs
3
5
24 Nov 2024
Unreliable coordination and outcome follow-up after tertiary-centre transfer
3
6
2 Mar 2021
Unreliable coordination and scheduling of district nursing visits
3
5
22 Feb 2021
Unreliable coordination of cancer diagnosis and treatment
3
6
4 Jul 2024
Unreliable coordination of specialist learning-disability support in healthcare
3
6
14 Jul 2025
Unreliable CRIS investigation information and review processes
3
4
21 Jan 2022
Unreliable crisis telephone access for prisoners
3
6
20 Mar 2026
Unreliable CTG equipment safety controls
3
8
14 Oct 2021
Unreliable CTPA investigation and follow-up
3
4
7 Mar 2022
Unreliable detection and monitoring of prescription errors
3
6
17 Nov 2025
Unreliable district nursing assessment and monitoring of patients
3
7
6 Jul 2017
Unreliable duty system arrangements for safe clinical coverage
3
6
20 Oct 2023
Unreliable emergency arrangements for assisting third parties
3
12
16 Jun 2026
Unreliable emergency evacuation arrangements for people requiring assisted removal
3
4
14 Jul 2023
Unreliable emergency forced-entry arrangements
3
4
8 Jul 2025
Unreliable emergency management of breech birth
3
14
16 Sep 2025
Unreliable emergency oxygen administration
3
7
28 Apr 2023
Unreliable emergency water-rescue procedures and equipment
3
7
7 Sep 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