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 police emergency-vehicle siren controls 2 2 4 Jun 2021 Unreliable police search coordination and information 2 3 8 Nov 2016 Unreliable post-operative extubation decision and management 2 4 30 Sep 2019 Unreliable pre-activity safety liaison arrangements 2 3 1 Oct 2015 Unreliable prison response to positive drug tests 2 7 28 May 2025 Unreliable prison-to-court transfer information 2 4 26 Nov 2019 Unreliable progression of people through police custody 2 3 23 Jul 2019 Unreliable Prove The Gun drill procedures 2 2 18 Jul 2018 Unreliable provision and readiness of torches for safety-critical site and search work 2 2 30 Mar 2026 Unreliable public-protection safeguards for s41 restriction-order patients 2 6 16 Feb 2024 Unreliable public understanding of smart motorway safety arrangements 2 2 16 Sep 2022 Unreliable receipt, prioritisation and clinical review of hospital discharge summaries 2 2 3 Mar 2016 Unreliable recognition and management of nicotine withdrawal 2 4 15 Dec 2016 Unreliable recognition and referral of cancer red flags 2 3 5 Jun 2026 Unreliable recognition and response to heat illness in safety-critical operations 2 3 1 Nov 2019 Unreliable recognition and treatment of opioid withdrawal 2 7 10 Jan 2019 Unreliable recognition, monitoring and management of electrolyte abnormalities 2 7 14 Nov 2024 Unreliable recording and follow-up of clinical escalations 2 3 20 Jan 2026 Unreliable recording and involvement of prisoners’ next of kin 2 10 10 Mar 2026 Unreliable recording of clinical governance meeting concerns and actions 2 2 23 Apr 2025 Unreliable recording of designated doctor visits and review requests 2 3 7 Mar 2022 Unreliable recording of drug-related deaths and casualties 2 9 8 Dec 2025 Unreliable recording of safety-critical police incident locations 2 3 30 Mar 2026 Unreliable recording of safety-critical prisoner behaviour and welfare information 2 4 6 Oct 2017 Unreliable regulation and enforcement of e-scooter use 2 14 11 Jul 2023

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Data last updated 7 September 2026