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 resultsDarryl 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Inaccurate and outdated address information in the ambulance service's mapping database, even for long-established properties, created delays in emergency response, risking patient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.