Risk-Management

External Risk Management Activities

We recognise that some PSS Members may be unable to participate in the MDA National activity options for 2008/09 or have determined that the available options are not relevant to their particular practice or circumstances. However, in order to meet your PSS requirements a risk management activity deemed to be appropriate by MDA National Insurance must be completed.

 

The completion of an ‘external’ risk management activity will only be acceptable if it meets the following guidelines and evidence of completion is provided.

 

 

Guidelines

The activity must:

  1. be directly relevant to risk management in the Member’s area of professional practice;
  2. be related to an identified risk in the Member’s practice;
  3. involve analysis of potential contributory factors;
  4. involve implementation of changes (if required) to mitigate the risk; and
  5. include evaluation or measurement of the impact these changes had on the risk (where possible).

Members may find that some of the activities they are already involved in as part of their hospital or professional memberships will meet the guidelines detailed above (e.g. peer review of their practice, clinical audit, error or near miss analysis, clinical up-skilling, etc). In order for such activities to fulfill your risk management requirements under the PSS, you must provide evidence of completion. 

To assist Members in deciding on an appropriate activity, some examples of how the risk management process can be applied to an identified practice risk are provided from page 8 in the PSS Risk Management Requirements Brochure 2008/2009.

 

In the event that you undertake an external risk management activity evidence of completion using the External Risk Management Activity Report must be submitted to MDA National no later than 30 April 2009.