Risk Management
Recommendations related to risk management
9
Recommendations
100% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (7)Accepted in Part (2)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 4 inquiries
Across 4 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
9 total
ETI-14
Accepted
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Utility Diversion Risk Management
While acknowledging utility diversion approaches, promoters should demonstrate adequate risk management proposals without prescriptive requirements regarding MUDFA versus bow wave methods.
- In November 2023, the Scottish Government stated it already operates in line with best practices for governance and light rail delivery (Transport Secretary Statement …
Scottish Government
ETI-9
Accepted
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
Risk Management Standards
Risk identification and management should be integral to major public-sector contracts, employing probabilistic forecasts, critical review of mitigation claims, constant governance challenge, early warning detection, and quality-focused evidence rather than …
- In November 2023, the Scottish Government stated it already operates in line with best practices for governance and light rail delivery (Transport Secretary Statement …
Scottish Government
RHI-11
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Project Management Disciplines
Best practice project and risk management disciplines should be the default practice within the Northern Ireland Civil Service when developing novel and complex policies and managing their implementation. These disciplines …
- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-14
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Risk Tracking and Reporting
The risks involved in implementation of an initiative must be tracked, re-considered regularly and used to manage, improve and adjust the project in real time. How the risks are being …
- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Northern Ireland Executi…
RHI-32a
Accepted
RHI Inquiry
Governance Systems Review
The checks and balances within a Department designed to catch problems early failed over many years in DETI to identify certain of the risks of the RHI or their materialisation. …
- In October 2021, the NI Executive accepted this recommendation in full (NI Executive Response to RHI Inquiry, Department of Finance, October 2021). - The …
Northern Ireland Executi…
IHRD-91
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
Synchronise Patient Safety Systems
The Department, HBSC, PHA, RQIA and HSC Trusts should synchronise electronic patient safety incident and risk management software systems, codes and classifications to enable effective oversight and analysis of regional …
Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2024. No recent public evidence of further progress.
Department of Health NI
F91
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
NHS Litigation Authority Improvement of risk management
The Department of Health and NHS Commissioning Board should consider what steps are necessary to require all NHS providers, whether or not they remain members of the NHS Litigation Authority …
- NHS Resolution (formerly the NHS Litigation Authority, renamed in April 2017) operates three risk management schemes: the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), the …
Department of Health and…
F92
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
NHS Litigation Authority Improvement of risk management
The financial incentives at levels below level 3 should be adjusted to maximise the motivation to reach level 3.
- NHS Resolution (formerly the NHS Litigation Authority) operated a Clinical Risk Management Standards (CRMS) assessment scheme with three levels, where trusts assessed at level …
F93
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
NHS Litigation Authority Improvement of risk management
The NHS Litigation Authority should introduce requirements with regard to observance of the guidance to be produced in relation to staffing levels, and require trusts to have regard to evidence-based …
- NICE published safe staffing guidance SG1 (Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals) in July 2014, directly in response to …