Research using coroners’ reports
We conduct studies to identify trends and concerns raised by coroners to inform public and patient safety, with more than 20 academic publications to date.
Thromboembolism
Deaths involving thromboembolism reported by coroners, published in Public Health in Practice.
Fentanyl patch-related deaths
Live tracker of coroners’ PFDs involving fentanyl patches since July 2013.
Thromboembolism
Deaths involving thromboembolism reported by coroners, published in Public Health in Practice.
Ketamine deaths
Live tracker of coroners’ PFDs due to ketamine since July 2013.
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Deaths reported by coroners in people with autism published in the Journal of Adult Protection.
Maternal deaths
Maternal deaths reported by coroners published as a preprint while under peer-review.
Suicides & medicines
Suicides involving medicines reported by coroners published in Public Health in Practice.
Sepsis
Deaths reported by coroners from sepsis published in Infection.
Opioids
Deaths reported by coroners involving strong pain medicines published in the Journal of Public Health.
Falls
Deaths reported by coroners involving falls published in Age and Ageing.
Systematic review of health research using coroners’ reports
Our systematic review of coroners PFD reports, published in Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management.
Epidemiology of coroners’ reports 2013-2022
Commentary describing our web scraping methods ability to identify statistics and trends from coroners reports published in Medico-Legal Journal.
Systematic review of coroners’ reports involving medicines
Our systematic review of coroners’ PFDs reporting medicines published in Pharmaceutical Medicine.
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