Risk assessments are not an option, they are a legal requirement under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Employers have a duty of care to protect the people they employ as well as service users and business subcontractors. The Act gives general responsibility to employers, employees, the self-employed and manufacturers and suppliers.
The NHS Pilot Scheme
The government has been trialling pilot programmes across England to improve healthcare for GDPs and GPs since September 2011. The programme began with seventy dental practices across England commencing pilots between July and September 2011, with new practices, as well as some community centres, joining them later on.