CMs - do you throw old risk assessments away?

[lollipopmother]

I wonder if anyone could clear a few things up for me.... please!!

I've suddenly realised that I may have made a horrid mistake - I've been making running changes to my R.As whenever I've come across a new risk, I've added it to my R.A which is a document on the computer. I've never printed out a risk assessment until now (as Ofsted will be coming fairly soon) so basically I don't have any of the original risk assessments as I've just saved the one with the new changes. Is this bad??

Also, what do I do WRT changing the date of the risk assessment? I've always changed the date at the top whenever I've added something to it, which means that it looks like I only made the R.As recently when actually the very first R.A may have been made in (say) February, but something new was added at the date that now shows on the top ......

Any help would very grately be received, thanks

Before Ofsted visit I always make sure the risk assesments in my file have been updated within the last 12 months to show that I continually risk assess. I got Outstanding for this aspect last august so I must be doing something right! LOL. Why not change the wording on your form to say 'last reviewed on....' so that it demonstrates it's not a new risk assesment.

I throw old ones away, because I think out of date risk assessments should not be kept. Ofsted have always been happy with my one current RA.

Great, thank you both for replying! I will definitely change the wording to suggest it is an update. HSMM thanks for putting my mind at rest!

I was told by two Ofsted inspectors and a Risk Assessment Manager (!!!!) it is preferable to show a working documents and works in progress - its shows the thinking and evolution behind the writing.

Revisions and additions should be dated and initialed and if where possible why a revision has been made - especially if its in response to an incident or accident.

Where the original document is too scraggy, start a new one but keep the old one attached.

I was told that as well Pippin - make a papertrail for everything