GGI has launched a new resource for boards. HM Treasury requires all boards to agree and publish a statement of their risk appetite, and GGI has been working with the NHS in Southwark to develop and field test an approach to using risk appetite to help improve how NHS boards work. The work was funded by a successful bid by Southwark BSU to Leading for Health (LfH) the then leadership arm of NHS London and is is now available as part of our programme of board development. 

Knowing your risk appetite underpins good board practice. Boards can help those preparing agendas and papers for them by being explicit around their risk appetite. Partner organisations need to have insight into how boards address risk, and providers need to understand the risk approach of their commissioners. Boards are best able to understand their risk appetite by working through case by case examples, and the GGi resource provides a first case study around long-term conditions. Copies of the documents can be found here