17 Nov 2025
Local guidance and frameworks
Risk assessment

TILS risk clarification tool (East Lothian and Midlothian)

Alan Laughland / Julie Stewart / Barbara O'Shea

Useful for: Practitioners and supervisors who wish to reflect on practice around risk assessment and management

Risk matrix chart plotting severity of harm against likelihood, from low risk in green to high risk in red

This is the template for the TILS risk clarification tool (Type of harm, Imminence, Likelihood, Severity of impact). It aids practitioners to think about the information they have on risk (and what they may still need to work out). It enables plotting of risk onto a matrix, helping to inform risk assessment. There is also a worked example of the TILS tool and a presentation to explain the approach.

Attachments

TILS risk clarification tool (East Lothian and Midlothian) (Word)

Rights: Free to share and adapt with credit given to the creator (CC BY)