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

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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