Risk for NHS risk practitioners

Ensure your trust is more strategic in risk management

This programme, delivered in partnership with the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), is designed for NHS risk practitioners who want to deepen their knowledge of good risk management practices and strengthen their impact across their organisations and systems.

Through nine half-day modules, delivered over seven workshops from September to December 2025, you will explore how to support your trust to take a more strategic, outward-looking approach to risk. The course blends expert teaching, peer learning, practical assignments, and tutor support to help you apply your learning in real-world settings and build a strong professional network.

Key takeaways

1. Strengthen your confidence in leading and supporting strategic risk management.
2. Deepen your understanding of good risk management and assurance practices.
3. Build the skills to influence board-level risk conversations and system-wide risk approaches.
4. Apply learning practically within your organisation through assignments and reflective practice.
5. Connect with peers and develop a strong NHS risk practitioner network.

As a risk practitioner, you are central to helping your organisation navigate uncertainty, manage challenges, and deliver better outcomes for patients and communities. With increasing system integration and regulatory expectations, NHS trusts need risk professionals who can lead, influence, and support strong governance at every level. This course equips you to strengthen your leadership in risk management, shape positive risk cultures, and support trusts to be more strategic, resilient, and outward-looking.

This course consists of nine half-day modules delivered over seven workshops between September and December. It has been developed by qualified expert risk managers, and consists of the following nine modules:

1. Context and vocabulary
2. Risk culture
3. Risk strategy, policy and guidance
4. Risk appetite
5. Risk identification and evaluation
6. Risk response
7. Risk assurance
8. Monitoring and reporting of risks
9. Being an effective risk business partner and awarding of certificates. 

Find out more on the content of each module by accessing the course overview. 

Other details:

• You are expected to attend all workshops to benefit fully from the learning and peer network.
• Workshops one, two and seven are full-day, in-person events held at Broadway House, Tothill St, London SW1H 9NQ.
• Workshops three to six are half-day, virtual sessions delivered via Zoom.
• Between workshops, you will complete practical assignments and maintain a learning journal, which will be reviewed at the end of the programme.
• You will also have access to online tutor support between sessions.

This course is open to NHS Providers members, associate members and non-members.

Member: £2,095 (ex VAT) | £2,514 (incl. VAT)
Associate Member: £2,620 (ex VAT) |  £3,144 (incl. VAT)
Non Member: £3,145 (ex VAT) | £3,744 (incl. VAT)

You will need to provide a purchase order number at booking to confirm your place on this course. Card payments are also accepted. 

Booking onto this event means you are booking on to all workshops. 

• NHS risk management practitioners.
• Practicing or aspiring managers and leaders who are in decision-making roles in the NHS.
• Those seeking to improve their knowledge and understanding of risk management to operate as effective risk partners working alongside risk owners. 

This course is not intended for those who already hold a recognised risk qualification.