Accordingly, in situations where the funding model or procurement route changes mid project, a risk assessment should be conducted to assess whether work done on the project up to that point is suitable for the revised project. The rationale for decisions taken in this regard should be formally recorded.

The party carrying out the risk assessment should be the party on whom the potential risk falls and which is in a position to mitigate the risk, unless there are sound reasons why this should not be the case. In the case of the RHCYP and DCN project that party was NHS Lothian, notwithstanding that it was Scottish Government that made the decision to change the funding route, and consequentially, the contractual model.