County Durham and Darlington

72 Prevention of Future Deaths reports from the County Durham and Darlington 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

20133
2014
20155
20169
20173
20184
20193
20209
20213
20226
20239
20246
20257
20264

Responses published

64 of 72 (89%) 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

Suicide (from 2015) 12Hospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths 12Other related deaths 12Road (Highways Safety) related deaths 11State Custody related deaths 11Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths 11Mental Health related deaths 8Care Home Health related deaths 5Railway related deaths 3Community health care and emergency services related deaths 2Child Death (from 2015) 2Community health care 2Community Healthcare Death 1Product related deaths 1

Coroners

Crispin Oliver 19Andrew Tweddle 13Jeremy Chipperfield 10Janine Richards 8James Thompson 7Rebecca Sutton 6Oliver Longstaff 4Leslie Hamilton 3Simon Connolly 2

Reports

DateReportCoronerCategoryResponses
2026Natalie AinsworthJanine RichardsSuicide (from 2015)1
2026Kay WilsonJeremy Chipperfield1
2026Susan SamsonRebecca SuttonOther related deaths
2026Susan SamsonRebecca SuttonOther related deaths2
2025Anthony LodgeRebecca SuttonOther related deaths1
2025Steven RuddickCrispin OliverState Custody related deaths1
2025Hilary ChapmanSimon ConnollyMental Health related deaths1
2025Victor HutchensRebecca SuttonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2025Patricia HeavisideRebecca SuttonCare Home Health related deaths3
2025Jody RobbCrispin OliverSuicide (from 2015), Railway related deaths1
2025Loraine CheesmanCrispin OliverProduct related deaths, Mental Health related deaths1
2024Anthony NixonJanine RichardsAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths2
2024Matthew GaleSimon ConnollySuicide (from 2015)1
2024Gillian PeacockJames ThompsonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2024Stanley CumminsJanine RichardsHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2024Sean CrawfordCrispin OliverAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths3
2024Emily HarkleroadRebecca SuttonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths2
2023Linda BanksJanine RichardsAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2023Margaret AustinJanine RichardsCare Home Health related deaths1
2023Alfie Mains-ForsterCrispin OliverChild Death (from 2015)1
2023Sarah HolmesJanine RichardsSuicide (from 2015)5
2023Ian DarwinJeremy ChipperfieldHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths2
2023Kenneth RipponJanine RichardsMental Health related deaths3
2023Nicholas StoutJames ThompsonAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths2
2023Kelly DunneJanine RichardsRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2023Joseph PriceCrispin OliverOther related deaths, State Custody related deaths1
2022Leanne DunnJeremy ChipperfieldSuicide (from 2015)1
2022Michael SmithCrispin OliverSuicide (from 2015), State Custody related deaths1
2022Sylvia GibsonJeremy ChipperfieldCare Home Health related deaths1
2022Charles WheatleyLeslie HamiltonRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2022Claire CopelandJeremy ChipperfieldAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths, Other related deaths2
2022Jane AllisonCrispin OliverCommunity health care, Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths4
2021Philip EllisCrispin OliverAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2021Charlie ToddJames ThompsonState Custody related deaths, Suicide (from 2015)1
2021Joseph DentJeremy ChipperfieldOther related deaths1
2020Clive OxleyOliver LongstaffRailway related deaths2
2020Andrew WestlakeJames ThompsonMental Health related deaths, Other related deaths2
2020Claire RichardsCrispin OliverMental Health related deaths, Alcohol, drug and medication related deaths1
2020Jason ThompsonLeslie HamiltonSuicide (from 2015), Mental Health related deaths3
2020William TurnerCrispin OliverRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2020Frazer GoldenJames ThompsonRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2020Viktor Scott-BrownOliver LongstaffSuicide (from 2015), Community health care4
2020Bartosz KusiakOliver LongstaffRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2020Agnes SansomJeremy ChipperfieldHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2019David MooreJeremy ChipperfieldRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2019Shaun NealJames ThompsonRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2019Matthew HamiltonJeremy ChipperfieldAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths, State Custody related deaths1
2018John MayhewCrispin OliverState Custody related deaths
2018Christopher McGuffieJeremy ChipperfieldSuicide (from 2015), Railway related deaths1
2018Glynn StoreyLeslie HamiltonOther related deaths1
2018Stanley LangdonOliver LongstaffCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths1
2017Thomas WhitfieldAndrew TweddleHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths
2017Warren MyersAndrew TweddleRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2017Margaret AtkinsonAndrew TweddleState Custody related deaths1
2016Pamela GowerAndrew TweddleOther related deaths1
2016Doris ClarksonAndrew TweddleCare Home Health related deaths1
2016Micael McMonigleCrispin OliverMental Health related deaths
2016Pamela GressmanAndrew TweddleHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths1
2016Leslie MatthewsCrispin OliverHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Other related deaths2
2016Nathan CharmanCrispin OliverRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2016James KaneAndrew TweddleHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths2
2016John BetteridgeAndrew TweddleSuicide (from 2015), State Custody related deaths
2016Elsie RaperCrispin OliverCommunity health care and emergency services related deaths, Care Home Health related deaths2
2015Derek ThomasCrispin OliverState Custody related deaths4
2015Kevin ForsterAndrew TweddleAlcohol, drug and medication related deaths, State Custody related deaths2
2015Kyle HullAndrew TweddleOther related deaths, Child Death (from 2015)1
2015Charles RaynerCrispin OliverRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths
2015Kenneth McCurdy and Mary McCurdyCrispin OliverRoad (Highways Safety) related deaths1
2013Kirk DuboiseAndrew TweddleState Custody related deaths1
2013Karl DoranAndrew TweddleOther related deaths
2013Linda HudsonAndrew TweddleCommunity Healthcare Death
0000-00-00Mina Topley-BirdJames ThompsonHospital Death (Clinical Procedures and medical management) related deaths, Mental Health related deaths2

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