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Preventable Deaths Tracker

A platform to explore concerns raised by coroners to prevent future deaths

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Preventable Deaths Tracker

A platform to explore concerns raised by coroners to prevent future deaths

In August 2021, the WHO published the Global Patient Safety Action Plan (2021-2030) to eliminate avoidable harms in healthcare. In England and Wales, legislation is in place to capture information on preventable deaths. Yet little is being done to use this information to reduce premature deaths.

We have created the Preventable Deaths Tracker to collate this information and make it accessible for all. Our Tracker also shares systematic analyses of this information, to warn against repeat hazards and highlight important lessons, to improve public safety, reduce avoidable harms, and prevent premature deaths.


What’s in the Database?

As of 12 September 2021, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary Website has uploaded 3709 PFD reports. Here are the numbers of PFD reports sent by coroners over time. See the latest data here.


What’s new?


Medical student, Harrison France, was awarded the IUPHAR national poster prize for his research on Prevention of Future Deaths reports.


New publication in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine on preventable deaths involving medicines purchased online, available here


New publication in BJGP Open on preventable deaths involving anticoagulants in people with cardiovascular disease, available here


New publication in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine on preventable deaths during the covid-19 pandemic, available here

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How to cite this resource:

Richards, GC. Preventable Deaths Tracker. 2022. https://preventabledeathstracker.net/