Risk Registers and Governance in Medicine

This practical workshop provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and confidence to engage with risk registers and clinical governance frameworks. It demystifies the language of risk and explores how good governance can improve safety, learning, and organisational effectiveness.

Participants will learn how to identify, assess, and articulate risks within a healthcare setting. The session covers the structure and function of risk registers, how to contribute meaningfully to governance processes, and how risk management links to patient safety and quality improvement.

The aim of this workshop is to build confidence and competence in understanding, contributing to, and using risk registers as part of wider governance and quality systems in healthcare. It supports professionals in taking an active role in patient safety and organisational learning.

• Understand the purpose and structure of risk registers in healthcare settings.
• Identify and assess risks using common frameworks and language.
• Contribute effectively to clinical governance meetings and processes.
• Link risk management to patient safety, incident reporting, and quality improvement.
• Develop a practical understanding of how governance supports learning and accountability.