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The culture, processes and structures that are directed towards realising potential opportunities whilst managing adverse effects. A structured investigation process that aims to assist in the identification of the underlying cause of a particular event or problem by determining why the failure occurred. Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation; a technique that can be used to facilitate prompt and appropriate communication. The purpose and structure of a committee or meeting for a team of people who have worked together to share a goal. The technique that facilitates validation of data through cross verification from more than one source The record of risks

Risk management

Risk register

Root cause analysis (RCA)

SBAR

Terms of reference (TOR)

Triangulation

Trust

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

4.0 STRATEGY 4.1 Objectives of this strategy 2021-2024

The Trust has a holistic approach to Risk Management across the organisation, which embraces financial, corporate, reputational, clinical, non-clinical and project risks. The Trust takes all reasonable steps in the management of risk with the overall objective of protecting patients, staff and its assets. The primary concern is the provision of a safe environment together with having systems and processes in place to identify, assess, evaluate and assign responsibilities to manage risks within the Trust. This is achieved by ensuring that risk management and corporate governance is an integrated process through which the organisation will identify, assess, analyse and manage risks and incidents at every level of the organisation and aggregate the results at a corporate level. In order to achieve this objective the Trust has adopted a pro-active approach. The key objectives and elements of this strategy are set out in the driver diagram at Appendix 1. This is supported by the Policy set out in section two of this document. This 2021-2024 Risk Management Strategy has 3 objectives supported by key aims and specific elements to drive forward their implementation. Each objective highlights the importance in providing assurance that effective systems and specific processes are in place. The work will be prioritised over the next three years to link with major parallel strategies e.g. Our Strategy, National Patient Safety Strategy. The operational delivery of the incident reporting and risk register system, electronic patient record and prescribing systems across the in-patient and outpatient setting will all assist and support the delivery of safer care and practice.

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