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
Uncontrolled fire escalation risks from polyurethane materials in consumer products
2
21
21 Jul 2017
Uncontrolled flammability risks from clothing
2
2
9 Dec 2016
Uncontrolled structural-collapse risks in properties
2
7
5 Aug 2024
Unreliable access to barrier devices for emergency resuscitation
2
4
7 Jun 2023
Unreliable access to blood testing for patients with difficult venous access
2
4
8 Dec 2023
Unreliable access to cross-force domestic abuse information
2
3
2 Oct 2025
Unreliable access to drug test results
2
9
29 Aug 2019
Unreliable access to equipment for contemporaneous clinical-observation recording
2
3
8 Jun 2022
Unreliable access to free immigration legal advice for foreign national prisoners
2
5
3 Oct 2023
Unreliable access to regional neonatology specialist support
2
4
30 Aug 2024
Unreliable access to timely MRI scanning
2
4
24 Apr 2021
Unreliable ACDT suicide and self-harm risk-management processes
2
8
28 Aug 2019
Unreliable airway protection during anaesthesia
2
12
24 Feb 2025
Unreliable ambulance access through road closures and diversions
2
2
2 Oct 2018
Unreliable ambulance-service clinical advice for callers
2
5
17 Aug 2023
Unreliable appeal and challenge routes for care decisions
2
4
27 Apr 2018
Unreliable application of TOXBASE toxicology guidance
2
2
4 Feb 2022
Unreliable armed police containment and call-out procedures
2
3
8 Jul 2025
Unreliable arrangements for facilitating prisoner visits
2
7
25 Oct 2024
Unreliable arrangements for requesting and responding to GP home visits
2
4
16 Dec 2020
Unreliable assessment and management of extremist risk in offenders
2
15
20 May 2024
Unreliable authentication and attribution controls for patient-record changes
2
4
18 Jul 2024
Unreliable availability of urinary catheters for required care
2
5
28 Jan 2022
Unreliable bed-brake safety controls
2
5
28 Sep 2020
Unreliable biopsy documentation and reporting
2
4
11 Feb 2025
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