Risk Assessment In Health And Social Care

A risk assessment is a procedure which examines a ‘care setting’ or a “care activity” for potential risks and hazards to service users and their carer’s.So, conducting a risk assessment and putting steps in place to reduce the risk is our duty as health and social care workers.
For example, a service user may want to make their own tea and coffee with facilities in their room. We might risk assess that as a high risk, but we can meet the service users’ needs and promote active participation and deliver person centre care by putting flasks with protective lids in the service users room instead of a