"transitional risk" is a valid term used in written English.
It is used to describe the chance that something might go wrong during a change or transition from one state to another. For example, "Due to the transitional risk of bringing the new system online, additional safety measures were implemented."
A spokesman for the information commissioner's officer said: "We welcome the decision of the tribunal to uphold the commissioner's decision notice ordering disclosure of the transitional risk register.
There is little room for doubt that the transitional risk register, if it were published, would fuel another surge of opposition to the bill.
The campaign to force the health department to publish its so-called transitional risk register on the shakeup of the NHS is increasingly one of the focal points of the opposition to Andrew Lansley's politically catastrophic health and social care bill.
The Freedom of Information Tribunal recently upheld a decision by the Information Commissioner that the NHS transitional risk register must be published.
Una O'Brien, Department of Health permanent secretary, issued the warning at the start of an appeal against a Freedom of Information ruling that it should publish the "strategic and transitional risk registers".
Renewed attacks against civilians puts the transitional process at risk, and are a disaster for Congolese children".
Each seminar will address three thematic perspectives on quality and safety in transitional care: (1) risk factors, (2) patient perspectives and (3) system perspectives.
The transition from hospital to home is high-risk, and gaps in transitional care can increase the risk of re-hospitalization and death.
There was an increased risk of transitional cell bladder cancer among ever-smokers at the highest versus the lowest toenail arsenic concentration, but not among all subjects or never-smokers at any concentration.
Prevention or delaying of disease is known to produce more effective use of services and determining the optimal transitional care for at-risk patients following a hospital admission has still not been achieved.
The concept of virtual wards as a new model of care is intended to reduce hospital readmissions by providing short-term transitional care to high-risk and complex patients in the community.
