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Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK

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First report 16 Apr 2026•Latest report 16 Apr 2026

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports
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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. West London

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    Adam Ankers · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Adam Ankers suffered a cardiac arrest while playing grassroots football on 31 January 2024 due to a previously unidentified inherited cardiac condition, and died in hospital on 4 February 2024 following brain stem death. Agonal breathing and cardiac arrest were not recognised at the pitch or by the 999 call handler, and an AED was brought to the pitch but not used. The report identified concerns about recognition of agonal breathing and cardiac arrest, access to and use of defibrillators, dissemination of sudden cardiac arrest training, cardiac screening, and cascade communication of inherited disease information.

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    Insufficient understanding of defibrillator use among lay persons and trained first aid persons

    Wider context from the report

    “POINT C: That there is a need for better understanding of the use of defibrillators particularly by lay persons and trained first aid persons ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Insufficient dissemination and mandatory coverage of Sudden Cardiac Arrest training across football leagues, clubs, coaches and referees

    Wider context from the report

    “POINT B: That the Football Association’s Sudden Cardiac Arrest training is not more widely disseminated or mandatory for all FA Accredited and Affiliated leagues and clubs and all grassroots football coaches and referees. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Difficulty among lay people and ambulance call handlers in recognising signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest

    Wider context from the report

    “POINT A: That there is difficulty in lay people (trained or not) including ambulance call handlers in understanding the signs of agonal breathing or cardiac arrest ”
    Open source report

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Unavailability of cardiac screening for all young people and football players aged 14 and upwards

    Wider context from the report

    “POINT D: That cardiac screening in those aged 14 and upwards reduces the risk of sudden cardiac death and this is not available to all young people or your football players ”
    Open source report

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine UK; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Failure of cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases to reach family members who need to know

    Wider context from the report

    “POINT E: That cascade communication of genetic or hereditary diseases is imperfect and does not reach more than half of those in families that need to know about it. ”
    Open source report
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026