title: A model approach advocated.
abstract: Melvyn Langford, a former NHS estates and facilities manager with a number of Trusts and now an independent risk management consultant, describes the development and subsequent application of a model designed to help NHS Trusts, including their estates and facilities functions, to identify, monitor and manage key risks which, if not addressed, could impact on business continuity and patient care.
authors.affiliation: Loughborough University.
authors.forename: Melvyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langford
mesh_terms: D006779:Hospitals, Public; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D012308:Risk Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine