Recurring concern
Failure to keep historical risk information accessible for later risk assessment
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Request correctionFirst reported 2 Nov 2015•Latest report 21 May 2024
What this concern includes
Includes failures to record, structure, display, maintain or retrieve historical, static or contextual risk information in a form that staff can readily access and use during later safety or dynamic risk assessment, including offender-risk records and comparable safety-risk records.
Not included
- Excludes failures to perform a risk assessment when relevant historical information was accessible and the assessment process itself was deficient.
- Excludes generic clinical, care or administrative record-keeping failures where historical or contextual risk information is not the material object.
- Excludes failures limited to sharing risk information between organisations after it was reliably recorded and accessible.
- Excludes hazard-specific or system-specific risk-information controls, such as PNC or NOMIS, when that named system supplies the more specific supported boundary.
- Reports
- 6
- Individual concerns
- 6
- Date range
- 2015–2024
- Stated actions
- 9
Distinct published reports
A report can raise multiple concerns
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Described in published responses
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record acknowledged amitriptyline risks in an accessible way for all practitioners
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Identify eligible complex patients, add them to the Risk Management & Care Planning Register, and create corresponding care plans and EMIS alerts.
Stated by Tredegar Practice
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record and highlight patients' current or former smoking status in an immediately accessible manner
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Clarified how clinicians should check and document smoking status using the patient care history during consultations.
Stated by Ringmead Medical Group
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Position
Immediate visibility of smoking status when opening patient notes was not feasible because of IT issues affecting more than 42,000 patients.
Stated by Ringmead Medical Group
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Concerns raised1
Failure to maintain accurate, prominent and readily updateable offender risk records
This report raised 9 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Action
Develop and roll out a new assessment service presenting relevant risk information in an updateable, practitioner-focused interface.
Stated by HM Prison and Probation Service and Ministry of Justice
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Concerns raised1
Failure of the WARRN documentation to clearly and accessibly record fluctuating self-harm risk and reassessments
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Action
Improve inpatient staff WCCIS access and training so staff can complete risk documentation without duplicate Word templates.
Stated by Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Local Health Board -
Action
Update WCCIS to record risk chronologies and significant self-harm events, supporting dynamic reassessment.
Stated by Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Local Health Board -
Action
Continue six-monthly Welsh Applied Risk Research Network record audits by Powys Teaching Health Board.
Stated by Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Local Health Board
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Concerns raised1
Failure to record static or historical risk information in a readily accessible form
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of SystmOne to provide usable search and clear flagging of important historical information
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Action
Re-procure the electronic healthcare system with improved sharing of risk indicators between healthcare services and NOMS.
Stated by NHS England -
Action
Implement an interface between healthcare services and NOMS to share risk indicators and support proactive risk management.
Stated by NHS England -
Action
Provide full training and regular training updates for the new electronic healthcare system.
Stated by NHS England
Data last updated 7 September 2026