scholarly journals A Risk Assessment Framework for the Socioeconomic Impacts of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Failure Due to Space Weather: An Application to the United Kingdom

Risk Analysis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1022-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward J. Oughton ◽  
Mike Hapgood ◽  
Gemma S. Richardson ◽  
Ciarán D. Beggan ◽  
Alan W. P. Thomson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Space Weather ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Electricity Transmission ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Infrastructure Failure

Is failure to provide venous thromboprophylaxis negligent?

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R H Scurr ◽  
J H Scurr
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Venous Thromboembolism ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Expert Witness ◽  
Surgical Patients ◽  
Vascular Surgeon ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Is Failure

Objectives: To report the outcome of 100 consecutive medicolegal claims referred to one of the authors (1990–2003) following the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in surgical patients. Methods: A retrospective analysis of the experience of a vascular surgeon acting as an expert witness in the United Kingdom. Results: Prophylaxis had been provided to 43 claimants with risk factors, who, unfortunately, still developed a VTE and alleged negligence. Twenty-nine claims involved patients who had not received prophylaxis because they were at low risk. In 25/28 claims where no prophylaxis was provided, despite identifiable VTE risk factors, the claim was successful. Claimants who developed a VTE that had been managed incorrectly were successful whether they had received prophylaxis or not. Settlement amounts, where disclosed, are reported. Conclusions: Failure to perform a risk assessment and to provide appropriate venous thromboprophylaxis in surgical patients is considered negligent. Clinicians looking after all hospitalized patients who are not assessing their patients' risk for VTE and/or not providing appropriate prophylaxis are at risk of being accused of negligence.

scholarly journals A Holistic Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Framework for Higher Education Institutions in the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3660
Author(s):  
Aliyu Aliyu ◽  
Leandros Maglaras ◽  
Ying He ◽  
Iryna Yevseyeva ◽  
Eerke Boiten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Maturity Models ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Maturity Assessment

As organisations are vulnerable to cyberattacks, their protection becomes a significant issue. Capability Maturity Models can enable organisations to benchmark current maturity levels against best practices. Although many maturity models have been already proposed in the literature, a need for models that integrate several regulations exists. This article presents a light, web-based model that can be used as a cybersecurity assessment tool for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of the United Kingdom. The novel Holistic Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment Framework incorporates all security regulations, privacy regulations, and best practices that HEIs must be compliant to, and can be used as a self assessment or a cybersecurity audit tool.

scholarly journals COUNTRY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Ahmad Bataineh ◽  
Sulaiman Humaid Al Harthy ◽  
Raqiya Ali Al Balushi ◽  
Ahmad Omar Albesisi
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Inflation Rate ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Bank Of England ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The Uk

The study aims to make risk assessment of investment in the United Kingdom so as to open a new branch of a big bank in United Arab Emirate. The findings of the risk assessment recommended to establish the new branch in the UK basing on diverse reasons. Firstly, according to the international monitory fund report, the GDP of the United Kingdom will increase from the financial year 2018 through the financial year 2022. The economy will advance and widen. Plus, the growth in GDP indicate that all sector in economy including the banking sector will also develop. Secondly, according to the UK office Budget Responsibility (ORB) projections, the UK interest rate will rise in the coming four financial years that will surely be reflected on the increase of profitability. Thirdly, the inflation rate in the UK will decrease in the coming four years, which has positive effects on the banking sectors because inflation rate leads to low costs of products and services. Additionally, the GDP per capital of the UK rise in the coming four fiscal years which is healthy for banking sector to be highly productive and profitable. More importantly the population of the UK will increase in the coming four years, which is favourable to the banking sector this means that the number of will increase. Moreover, the bank of England allows all the commercial banks in the country. Another reason that encourage investing in the UK is the advancement in technology. Besides, the most important reason encourage investment in the UK is the country’s system of governance that is a democratic system of leadership that does not hinders private investors unless they violate law. The researchers conclude that they recommend the decision to open the new bank in the UK. Since the benefits supersede the costs. JEL: E22; F21; G21 <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0746/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

A Review of the Scope for Using Claims Histories of Individual Policies in Risk Assessment.

1971 ◽  
Vol 97 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 202-249
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Experience Rating ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Motor Insurance ◽  
Single Vehicle

The aim of this paper is to review some of the theoretical and practical questions associated with experience rating in motor insurance, with particular reference to the no claim discount (NCD) systems widely used in the United Kingdom. We shall describe some work carried out in one U.K. insurance office which has in force about 650,000 private motor car policies each covering a single vehicle.

scholarly journals Localising ‘radicalisation’: Risk assessment practices in Greece and the United Kingdom

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Skleparis ◽  
Rita Augestad Knudsen
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
National Context ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Related Risk

This article juxtaposes anti-radicalisation policy in the United Kingdom, one of the pioneers in the field, with Greece, one of the latecomers. Drawing on localisation theory, our aim is to understand how ‘common knowledge’ of radicalisation and counter-radicalisation has materialised in the United Kingdom and Greece by exploring the development and use of radicalisation-related risk and vulnerability assessment tools. We argue that the radicalisation ‘knowledge’ was localised more seamlessly in the United Kingdom, which can be attributed to the country’s ‘norm producer’ status on the field of European counter-radicalisation. By contrast, the ‘knowledge’ was subjected to significant ‘re-framing’ and ‘stretching’ to fit with the Greek context. This is associated with the country’s ‘norm adopter’ status on the field of European counter-radicalisation, as well as with a ‘spill-over effect’ from a national context of deeply polarising and contentious counter-terrorism policies. We maintain that these localisation processes reveal two distinct assemblages of governing radicalisation.

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