ABSTRACT
Risk assessment processes are key elements in maintaining an organisation’s legal compliance with regulations and minimising the risks affecting it. They can apply to physical, financial, service, clinical/care and business risks and should feed any skill gaps or procedural omissions identified into effective statutory and mandatory training programmes. Some common risk assessment tools that organisations use include:
. significant event analysis or critical incident analysis (see Appendix 5)
. risk assessment activity linked to health & safety (see Appendix 6)
. root cause analysis
. supervision/clinical supervision
. regulation/inspection visits
. clinical governance activity.
