Emergency services related deaths

PFD Category
Reports: 252 Areas: 59 Earliest: Jan 2016 Latest: 10 Mar 2026

85% response rate (above 62% average). 50% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 21% from 38 (2023) to 46 (2024).

PFD Reports
3 results
Kaine Fletcher
No Identified Response
2025-0363 17 Jul 2025 Nottinghamshire
East Midlands Ambulance Service Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Police
Concerns summary A critical lack of shared understanding and adherence between emergency services regarding local policies and working standards for Section 136 detentions creates significant risks for vulnerable individuals.
Miles Robinson
No Identified Response
2025-0340 8 Jul 2025 South London
Emergency Call Prioritisation Advisory … London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Concerns 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
2025-0257 23 May 2025 Manchester West
Home Office
Concerns 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.