Emergency services related deaths

PFD Category
Reports: 257 Areas: 59 Earliest: Jan 2016 Latest: 3 Apr 2026

87% response rate (above 63% average). 44% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 21% from 38 (2023) to 46 (2024).

Response Status
Responded 223 No Response 3 Historic 31
AI Classification
Action Taken 44%
Action Planned 32%
Noted 23%
Disputed 2%
Based on 391 classified responses
Reports by Quarter
Clear
PFD Reports
3 results
Roman Barr
No Identified Response
2026-0197 3 Apr 2026 Coventry
Asthma & Lung (for information) Care Quality Commission NHS England +3 more
Concerns summary (AI summary) The report identifies limited awareness of salbutamol overuse, inconsistent identification and follow-up of reliever overuse, ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability, risks when families transport critically unwell patients, and unclear NHS Pathways triage wording.
Miles Robinson
No Identified Response
2025-0340 8 Jul 2025 South London
Emergency Call Prioritisation Advisory … London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Concerns summary (AI summary) The ambulance triage system's rigidity incorrectly categorised a heart attack call as less urgent, lacking specific determinants for heart attack symptoms and risking delayed response if a cardiac arrest occurs.
William Armstrong
No Identified Response CC
2025-0257 23 May 2025 Manchester West
Home Office
Concerns summary (AI summary) Home Office guidance for selling reportable poisons fails to adequately advise online sellers on identifying purchases for self-harm, leading vendors to unknowingly facilitate suicides. Additionally, dangerous websites promoting suicide methods and poison sourcing are readily accessible.