[12ID Duty to have risk escalation process in place]
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c 29) | Legislation

[12ID  Duty to have risk escalation process in place]

[(1)     It is the duty of every Health Board and the Agency to put and keep in place arrangements for the escalation of any risk—

(a)     identified during the real-time assessment of its staffing levels in accordance with arrangements put in place under section 12IC, and

(b)     which it has not been possible to mitigate in accordance with the arrangements put in place under that section.

(2)     The arrangements under subsection (1) must, in particular, include—

(a)     a procedure for the initial reporting of a risk as described in subsection (1), by an individual with lead professional responsibility (whether clinical or non-clinical) in the area where the risk was identified, to a more senior

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