Clinical Governance & Risk Management Awareness

Risk Assessment

Excel EMS is required under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to undertake “suitable and sufficient risk assessments to identify significant risks to the health, safety and welfare of employees and anyone that may be Affected by their activities.”

Risk assessments should be easily accessible and all staff should be aware of their contents in relation to the job they do.

Risk assessments need to be kept up to date and relevant and should be reviewed either:

When there has been a significant change, e.g. introduction of new machinery or processes
There has been a major accident or near miss
It has been 12 months since the last review

There are 5 steps to risk assessment:

1. Identify the hazards

This should be done with some input from the persons undertaking the task

2. Decide who can be harmed and how

Again consultation should be made with staff to ensure that everyone at risk has been identified

3. Identify what controls are already in place and what further controls are required to make the task safer

There should be some input from the persons undertaking the task as they understand what works and what doesn’t work

4. All significant findings need to be written down

Using Excel EMS documentation

5. Review your risk assessment and update if necessary

Risk assessments need to be kept up to date and relevant and should be reviewed either:

When there has been a significant change, e.g. introduction of new machinery or processes
There has been a major accident or near miss
It has been 12 months since the last review

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