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 reporting of detainee safety concerns to responsible oversight functions
2
3
6 Jul 2020
Unreliable reporting of heat-illness cases
2
1
1 Nov 2019
Unreliable response to falls-detection alarms
2
3
23 Oct 2018
Unreliable response to Spice-related incidents in prisons
2
4
15 Dec 2025
Unreliable response to suicidal communications by text
2
5
8 Aug 2025
Unreliable Rule 35 reporting for vulnerable detainees
2
3
25 Oct 2024
Unreliable Safe and Well Visit risk-assessment and review processes
2
4
23 Nov 2023
Unreliable safeguards when patients leave before clinical assessment
2
5
8 Nov 2024
Unreliable safe-return arrangements after police custody release
2
13
8 Jun 2023
Unreliable safety arrangements for organised water-sports events
2
4
10 Apr 2025
Unreliable safety audits of holiday and rented accommodation
2
8
26 Jul 2022
Unreliable safety controls for vehicle repairs and maintenance
2
4
26 Sep 2025
Unreliable safety decisions to approve or change offender licence conditions
2
11
29 Nov 2022
Unreliable safety governance of spontaneous police pursuits
2
4
25 Jun 2025
Unreliable safety planning for organised dance music events
2
3
18 Jul 2018
Unreliable Saturday mental health assessment service for magistrates' court defendants
2
3
21 Oct 2025
Unreliable Section 17 support and discharge-planning arrangements for children in need
2
4
3 Oct 2016
Unreliable shared terminology for mental-health emergency responses
2
6
12 Jun 2023
Unreliable shared understanding of funded care and staffing requirements
2
2
6 May 2024
Unreliable staffing cover during care-staff breaks
2
3
14 Jan 2020
Unreliable strip-search arrangements in custody
2
4
24 May 2018
Unreliable supervisory review of mental-health clinical decisions
2
2
14 Mar 2023
Unreliable surgical counting controls
2
3
1 Jun 2015
Unreliable tracking and routing of electronic patient contacts in GP practices
2
3
15 Oct 2024
Unreliable transfer arrangements for at-risk mental health patients
2
5
25 Aug 2022
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