Risk Impact Assessment (Examples) Category Personal Injury Impact Quality / System Public confidence and Litigation Financial loss on premises user / Failure reputation Or Level contract / staff Claim of Impact Near Miss Negligible service deficit Issue of no public / political Minor incident. Minor non-compliance concern. Less than 5K Very Low No damage to buildings. Minimal disruption to routine 1 organisation activity No long term consequences Cuts / bruises Single failure to meet internal Local press interest 1 day Legal Challenge – Staff absence < 3 days standards or follow protocol. No coverage Minor out-of-court £5K -£50K Low Building or service impact on public health or social care Local public/political concern. settlement 2 interrupted with no Impact on organisation rapidly restitution cost. absorbed No long consequences Staff absence > 3 days Repeated failures to meet internal Limited damage to reputation Civil action no – Service interruption leads standards or follow protocols Extended local press interest / Defence £50K- Medium to compensation for under Impact on organisation absorbed with regional press interest.- less Improvement notice £250K 3 performance significant level of intervention than 7 days Minimal long term consequences Regional public/political concern. Multiple Injuries Failure to meet national/professional Loss of credibility and Class action £250K – Injury or disease standards. Significant impact on confidence in organisation. Criminal prosecution £1.0M reportable to HSE public health and social care. National press interest less Prohibition Notice – High Service off line with Impact on organisation absorbed with than 3 days. 4 additional cost to some formal intervention by other Independent external enquiry. service. organisations Significant public/political Significant long term consequences concern. Fatality Gross failure to meet professional/ National press interest Criminal prosecution More than £1.0M – Permanent disability national standards greater than 3 days. no defence – Building permanently out Impact on organisation absorbed with MP Concern Executive officer fined Very High of use. significant formal intervention by other Questions in Parliament or imprisoned 5 Death due to unfit organisations. Full Public Enquiry. premises. Major long-term consequences. PAC Hearing
Risk Impact Assessment (Examples) Category Level of Impact Personal Injury Impact on premises user / contract / staff Quality / System Failure Public confidence and reputation Litigation Or Claim Financial loss Very Low 1 Near Miss Minor incident. No damage to buildings. Negligible service deficit Minor non-compliance Minimal disruption to routine organisation activity No long term consequences Issue of no public / political concern. Less than 5K Low 2 Cuts / bruises Staff absence < 3 days Building or service interrupted with no restitution cost. Single failure to meet internal standards or follow protocol. No impact on public health or social care Impact on organisation rapidly absorbed No long consequences Local press interest – 1 day coverage Local public/political concern. Legal Challenge Minor out-of-court settlement £5K -£50K Medium 3 Staff absence > 3 days Service interruption leads to compensation for under performance Repeated failures to meet internal standards or follow protocols Impact on organisation absorbed with significant level of intervention Minimal long term consequences Limited damage to reputation Extended local press interest / regional press interest.- less than 7 days Regional public/political concern. Civil action – no Defence Improvement notice £50K- £250K High 4 Multiple Injuries Injury or disease reportable to HSE Service off line with additional cost to service. Failure to meet national/professional standards. Significant impact on public health and social care. Impact on organisation absorbed with some formal intervention by other organisations Significant long term consequences Loss of credibility and confidence in organisation. National press interest – less than 3 days. Independent external enquiry. Significant public/political concern. Class action Criminal prosecution Prohibition Notice £250K – £1.0M Very High 5 Fatality Permanent disability Building permanently out of use. Death due to unfit premises. Gross failure to meet professional/ national standards Impact on organisation absorbed with significant formal intervention by other organisations. Major long-term consequences. National press interest – greater than 3 days. MP Concern Questions in Parliament Full Public Enquiry. PAC Hearing Criminal prosecution – no defence Executive officer fined or imprisoned More than £1.0M
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