1. The Department of Health website has a portal on risk research and has published on-line documents on risk (see Department of Health. Communicating About Risks to Public Health. 1999; Department of Health. Risk Literature and the Public. 1993). The HM Treasury site has a Risk Programme, a ‘comprehensive programme of change to improve risk management across government’ (December 2003), as well as a portal on risk guidance. The Health and Safety Executive has a portal for its publications on risk.
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