Black Country

84 Prevention of Future Deaths reports from the Black Country coroner area, 2013–2026. Each one is a coroner's formal warning that something could cause more deaths unless it changes. Full text of every report is on this site.

Reports per year

20132
201411
20156
20168
201713
20189
20197
20206
20218
20223
20232
20244
20254
20261

Responses published

61 of 84 (73%) have at least one response published on judiciary.uk.

This counts responses published against the report by anyone, not whether a particular body replied. Publication is at the Chief Coroner's discretion and was far less consistent in the corpus's early years, so read a low figure as a prompt to open the reports, not as a finding.

What the reports are about

Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths 41Other related deaths 11Care Home Health related deaths 9Road (Highways Safety) related deaths 8Mental Health related deaths 7Child Death (from 2015) 6Community health care and emergency services related deaths 6Community health care 6Suicide (from 2015) 5Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths 3Emergency services related deaths (2019 onwards) 2Product related deaths 2Railway related deaths 2Accident at Work and Health and Safety related deaths 1

Coroners

Zafar Siddique 56Joanne Lees 14Robin Balmain 7Andrew Thompson 3Michael Pemberton 1Emma Serrano 1Robin John Balmain 1David Urpeth 1

Reports

DateReportCoronerCategoryResponses
2026Stephen RhodesZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths2
2025Gurkirat SinghZafar SiddiqueRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2025Shannon LeeZafar SiddiqueSuicide (from 2015)1
2025Rashida SultanaZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2025Joshua AllcockZafar SiddiqueChild Death (from 2015), Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths5
2024Parminder SangheraZafar SiddiquePolice related deaths, Suicide (from 2015)2
2024David WellingtonJoanne LeesRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2024Iain HughesZafar SiddiqueOther related deaths2
2024Paul FrearJoanne LeesRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2023Karmchand GulzarMichael PembertonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2023Lauren SmithJoanne LeesEmergency services related deaths (2019 onwards)5
2022Charles EvansJoanne LeesCare Home Health related deaths, Other related deaths3
2022Rita FlynnZafar SiddiqueOther related deaths1
2022Keith HolmesJoanne LeesOther related deaths1
2021Karen ReddingZafar SiddiqueAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths, Care Home Health related deaths1
2021Tripta BhanoteZafar SiddiqueCare Home Health related deaths, Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2021Adam BrunskillJoanne LeesAccident at Work and Health and Safety related deaths2
2021Geoffrey HillJoanne LeesHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2021Sarah BradyJoanne LeesHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2021Lisa GrantZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths2
2021Eric BirdJoanne LeesCare Home Health related deaths2
2021Lynn HadleyZafar SiddiqueEmergency services related deaths (2019 onwards), Product related deaths4
2020Elsie TaylorJoanne LeesEmergency Services related deaths1
2020Eileen BrindleyJoanne LeesCommunity health care, Other related deaths1
2020Edna DavenportJoanne LeesCare Home Health related deaths, Other related deaths
2020Jennifer McKoyZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths3
2020Zachary JohnsonJoanne LeesChild Death (from 2015), Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2020Madhavbhai PatelJoanne LeesCommunity health care1
2019Safoora AlamZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care, Suicide (from 2015)2
2019Annie LloydZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care1
2019Shannon QuinnZafar SiddiqueMental Health related deaths, Community health care2
2019Peter LawrenceZafar SiddiqueMental Health related deaths1
2019Margaret MeliaZafar SiddiqueCare Home Health related deaths1
2019Elsa ReidZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2019David SquireEmma SerranoHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Mental Health related deaths1
2018Sylvia MitchellZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Community health care and emergency services related deaths3
2018Charlotte TripperZafar SiddiqueRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2018Natalie BillinghamZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2018Colin JohnsZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2018Christine WithersZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2018Christopher BrookesZafar SiddiqueOther related deaths1
2018Natasha FordZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2018Ronald CompsonZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2018Lakhminder KaurZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths
2017Sarah AthersmithZafar SiddiqueChild Death (from 2015), Railway related deaths2
2017Philip PowellZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2017Penelope BentonZafar SiddiqueMental Health related deaths, Suicide (from 2015)1
2017Reginald DixonZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths1
2017Anne-Marie JamesZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2017Dorothy WebbZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2017Spencer HurstZafar SiddiqueOther related deaths1
2017Aston SoulsbyZafar SiddiqueChild Death (from 2015), Road (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2017Lily TownsendZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2017Sarah PooleZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2017Kenneth EvansZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2017Reginald LewisZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2017Abigail BaynhamZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Suicide (from 2015)
2016Beryl FarmerZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2016Vinod KumarZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2016Glen JordanZafar SiddiqueMental Health related deaths1
2016Tommi-Ray VigrassZafar SiddiqueChild Death (from 2015), Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2016Kinga CieciorskaZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Child Death (from 2015)
2016Richard ParkesZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths
2016Marie RollasonZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2016Ryan Singh BhogalZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths, Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2015Frank MellersZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2015Ashley MatthewsDavid UrpethRailway related deaths1
2015Frederick WhiteZafar SiddiqueCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths1
2015Eliza BowenZafar SiddiqueCare Home Health related deaths
2015Anne FowlerAndrew ThompsonOther related deaths
2015Stanley WardZafar SiddiqueCare Home Health related deaths
2014Tracey BannisterZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2014Lorraine SheridanZafar SiddiqueRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths
2014Beryl WaltersAndrew ThompsonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2014Kirsty PritchardZafar SiddiqueHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2014Nadine ThurmanRobin BalmainHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2014Bridget CahillRobin BalmainHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2014Arnold SoulsbyRobin BalmainRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2014Sukbir Singh Rana & Mandip SinghRobin BalmainRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths
2014John DoddAndrew ThompsonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2014Bertram HamiltonRobin BalmainOther related deaths
2014Jason NockRobin BalmainAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2013Lucy KilvertRobin John BalmainHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2013John James JacksonRobin BalmainProduct related deaths

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