The Preventable Deaths Tracker is the first and only open database of all published coroners’ PFD reports in England and Wales. It’s a data-driven learning and vigilance platform that includes over 4,900 reports and is updated weekly, providing real-time analytics and bespoke research investigations to prevent future deaths.
The mission of the Preventable Deaths Tracker is to make coronial data usable so that lessons can be learnt to improve public safety. Ultimately, we seek to save lives by reducing preventable deaths.
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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 gives oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee’s follow-up inquiry into the Coroner Service on 20 February 2024.
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 Law Firm, 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.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker and oral evidence given by Dr Richards to the Commons Justice Committee are featured in the Law Society’s Gazette.
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 of the Preventable Deaths Tracker, Dr Georgia Richards, speaks on the Pharmacy in Practice podcast, and educational blog!
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.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker is featured in a thematic review of Prevention of Future Deaths reports conducted by law firm, Capsticks.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker was featured in the UK Inquest Law Blog on 19 October 2024.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker inspired the BBC’s investigation into deaths involving people with autism published in September 2024.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker was featured in Hill Dickinson’s thematic review of PFDs.
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) is supporting 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.