taxman Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 This is the risk assessment of all the top down changes that Andrew Lansley and the coalition government are forcing through in the face of opposition from doctors, nurses, midwifes, patient groups, surgeons, obstetricians etc etc This is despite the Information Commissioner ruling that it should be published. So if the health bill is so fantastic why won't they release the risk assessment? Surely it must give a clean bill of health to the proposals or they wouldn't be carrying on with them From the BBC link above: "A draft version of the risk register has already been leaked. It revealed rising costs of GP care, poorer response to health emergencies and the high chance of losing financial control of the services were among the risks." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 This is very worrying. Im also very angry that they can ignore the Information Commissioner that the public have a right to see it, but on the flip side when it comes to Abu they stick rigidly to the rulings. Grrr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Im also very angry that they can ignore the Information Commissioner that the public have a right to see it, but on the flip side when it comes to Abu they stick rigidly to the rulings. Grrr.... The Information Commissioner's ruling does not have the force of law. That doesn't mean that the Government is justified in ignoring it, but it does mean they can legally ignore it if they choose. The rulings on human rights, which came from the courts, they cannot. "...the cabinet has now decided to block its release in the belief doing so could have harmed the quality of advice from civil servants..." I'm mystified as to how the publication of something today, could influence what advice civil servants were giving two years ago. Does Whitehall have its own collection of TARDISes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Web Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 It is disgraceful but as you say they have found an easy way of legally ignoring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Thats 2 pieces of democracy, the so-called Liberal Democrats have denied us. This and an EU referendum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 What on earth does the publication or non-publication of a tedious Government report have to do with democracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Risk registers are there to record possibilities, it does not mean those events will happen or are inevitable, nor does it mean the risks have not been mitigated. They do not advise the government how to decide, but they may form part of their decision making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Risk registers are there to record possibilities, it does not mean those events will happen or are inevitable, nor does it mean the risks have not been mitigated. They do not advise the government how to decide, but they may form part of their decision making .......well seeing how their decision making will affect nearly every single person in the country, and has been debated upon in Parliament and will no doubt be debated upon in committee, then don't you think all those decision makers should have that risk assessment in front of them? What is the point of deciding whether or not to pursue a specific policy when the risks of pursuing that policy have been hidden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 What on earth does the publication or non-publication of a tedious Government report have to do with democracy? It's a simple case of transparency. Maybe indicative of a failure of project management. Project management is all about risks, how to evaluate them and how to determine their genuine level of risk to project delivery. Either the risks were not genuine or they were. Or they were rated incorrectly. Bottom line though - there is something they don't want the public to see. As it is regarding the NHS we should be able to see what the risks are to a vital public service. After all we pay for the service. And we are paying for ministers and civil servants to do this work, Ministers and civil servants are accountable to us and should be held to account either for fundamental project errors or failure to execute projects correctly. There won't be any hiding place with this one. The risk register will come into the public domain eventually. Guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 .......well seeing how their decision making will affect nearly every single person in the country, and has been debated upon in Parliament and will no doubt be debated upon in committee, then don't you think all those decision makers should have that risk assessment in front of them? What is the point of deciding whether or not to pursue a specific policy when the risks of pursuing that policy have been hidden? What he said...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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