The Preventable Deaths Tracker is a data-driven vigilance and learning tool that monitors premature deaths reported by coroners. It is led by Dr Georgia Richards at King’s College London.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker is the first centralised database of all coroners’ Prevention of Future Deaths reports published in England and Wales, updated weekly. It makes information from coroners’ reports usable so that real-time analytics and research can be conducted.
The mission of the Preventable Deaths Tracker is to harness information from coroners to minimise premature deaths by enabling learning and improving public safety.
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Impact of the Tracker
Founder Dr Georgia Richards is hosting Prof Noel Woodford, the Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Australia, at King’s College London on Monday, 25 November. Sign up to attend.
Founder Dr Georgia Richards was interviewed for a feature article published in The BMJ on inquests and preventing future deaths.
Founder Dr Georgia Richards was a keynote speaker at the ‘Learning across Death investigations’ event (11-12 September 2024) hosted by the University of Nottingham held in Manchester.
Founder Dr Georgia Richards spoke at a seminar for the Royal College of Pathologists on 30 July 2024. You can watch this seminar here.
The Guardian reports on data from the Preventable Deaths Tracker on Sunday, 21 July.
Founder Dr Georgia Richards was invited to write an Expert Insight blog for the research project Voicing Loss.
The Justice Committee summarised their findings from the follow-up inquiry to The Coroner Service in a letter sent to the Ministry of Justice on Friday, 24 May 2024, featuring the Tracker’s work and recommendations from our work.
Founder Dr Georgia Richards spoke at a webinar hosted by the Data Lab on Friday, 17 May 2024.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, submitted written evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry into NHS leadership, performance and patient safety.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, was a guest speaker at the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine 17th Annual Conference on 11 May 2024.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, was invited to deliver a seminar for Bevan Brittan on 7 May 2024.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, was a keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Clinical Negligence Conference on 22 March 2024.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast on Friday, 8 March 2024. You can take a listen here.
Dr Georgia Richards presented at the London Toxicology Group Meeting on 8 March 2024.
Dr Georgia Richards gives oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s follow-up inquiry into the Coroner Service on 20 February 2024. You can watch the evidence here.
Evidence given at the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry was featured in the Law Society’s Gazette.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker and founder Dr Georgia Richards are featured in The Times, where the journalist used the Tracker to identify 17 deaths involving the antipsychotic, clozapine.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker was commissioned by FieldFisher in collaboration with Mencap, Rachel’s Voice, and the University of Liverpool to provide data on deaths involving learning disabilities.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker submitted written evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s follow-up inquiry into the Coroner Service, published in February 2024.
Dr Richards was the guest speaker at Serjeants’ Inn Inquest Law Update conference on 21 February 2024.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker and founder Dr Georgia Richards are featured in the IOSH Magazine, discussing deaths involving health and safety accidents in the workplace.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, speaks at the Healthcare Seminar organised by DAC Beachcroft on 18 January 2018.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker team were awarded a Landmark Trust Futures Award, following a record number of applications!
The team will have its first face-to-face working retreat at Cavendish Hall in 2024 to expand the work of the Tracker.
Founder of the Preventable Deaths Tracker, Dr Georgia Richards, speaks on the Pharmacy in Practice podcast, and educational blog!
The Preventable Deaths Tracker inspired the BBC’s investigation into deaths involving people with autism published in September 2023.
Founder of the Preventable Deaths Tracker, Dr Georgia Richards, was a guest at the NO More Deaths campaign in the House of Commons in June 2023.
The Open Data Institute (ODI) supported the Preventable Deaths Tracker by welcoming founder, Dr Georgia Richards, as a Research Fellow for 2023-24.
Founder, Dr Georgia Richards, was an invited keynote speaker at the annual Chief Coroner’s Conference in March 2023 at Westminister Hall.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker submitted written evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry into “Prevention” in February 2023.