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
4 results
Darryl Johnson
Response Pending
2026-0152 10 Mar 2026 Bedfordshire and Luton
Ordnance Survey
Concerns summary Inaccurate and outdated address information in the ambulance service's mapping database, even for long-established properties, created delays in emergency response, risking patient outcomes.
Roman Barr
Response Pending
2026-0148 4 Mar 2026 Coventry
Care Quality Commission NHS Pathways/ NHS Digital Royal College for GP’s +2 more
Concerns summary Concerns include poor patient awareness and clinical follow-up for salbutamol overuse, prolonged ambulance handover delays impacting emergency availability, and unclear NHS Pathways triage questions.
Yunus Hoque
Response Pending
2026-0113 26 Feb 2026 Manchester South
North West Ambulance Service
Concerns summary NWAS failed to communicate significant ambulance delays to callers, even when a patient's condition deteriorated from Category 2 to 1. This lack of follow-up risks further deaths.
Heather Parkhill
Response Pending
2026-0050 2 Feb 2026 North Wales (East and Central)
Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS…
Concerns summary Persistent ambulance delays and resource unavailability continue to put lives at risk, despite ongoing multi-agency efforts to address these long-standing issues.