7
Under reference to item 7 of the Minute of the meeting of this Committee held on 12 November 2021, the Strategic Lead and Improvement Manager submitted a report providing an update on the continued implementation of the IJB’s updated risk management framework and the updates made to the IJB’s risk and issues register.
The report intimated that the risk management framework set out the principles by which the HSCP and IJB identified and managed strategic and operational risks impacting upon the organisation and formed a key strand of the IJB’s overall governance mechanisms. The framework set out how risks and issues should be identified, managed and reported and it was noted that following further assessment and review with all services, no new risks or issues had been added this period.
The report noted that the risk ‘further waves of covid’, RSK05, had been closed as it was recognised that IJB governance and operational management arrangements were well-established with significant experience in managing the impact of covid waves within the IJB, HSCP and partner organisations. Members were advised that given the rise in cases in the community and hospitalisations, this risk would now remain ‘open’ in the risk register and would be reviewed prior to the next meeting of the Committee.
DECIDED:
(a) That the further work which had been undertaken to implement the revised risk management framework across operational services within the HSCP and the inclusion of risk management arrangements within planned internal audits in 2022, as detailed in section 4 of the report, be noted;
(b) That the updates that had been made to currently identified risks and issues, following further assessment and engagement with the HSCP and partners, as detailed in section 5 of the report, be noted; and
(c) That it be noted that RSK05 ‘further waves of covid’ would remain open in the risk register.