As detailed in the Roles and Responsibilities and the process flow diagram everyone should be clear on who does what and who is accountable for what.

The CSC products are reviewed and approved by the Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO) and the Head of Service for National Clinical Safety Assurance Service (NCSAS) before they are issued to the commissioning programme.

The CCIO is ultimately accountable for the content of the CSC before it is handed over to the commissioning programme who will then take ownership of the CSC.

The CSC Project Board is key to communication between the CSC project team and the commissioning programme via the Senior User.

The approach to risk management is detailed in the Clinical Risk Management Plan (CRMP) which clearly sets out the methodology and categorisation of the risk scoring. The CRMP must be accepted and approved by the commissioning programme who will ultimately take ownership of the CSC and associated products.

NCSAS do not own any of the risks associated with the digital solution during any part of the CSC process and it is the responsibility of the commissioning programme to identify suitable ownership.