AGENDA ITEM: A3
MEETING:
RSSB Board Meeting
DATE:
08 May 2014
SUBJECT:
SSRG stewardship report 2013/14 and Approach
SPONSOR:
Chris Fenton
AUTHOR:
John Abbott
1.
Purpose
1.1
To inform the board of progress made by the System Safety Risk Group
(SSRG) during its first year of operation and to secure approval of objectives
for 2014/15.
1.2
To demonstrate that the objectives meet the requirements of the board.
2.
Governance
2.1
SSRG was established in 2013 as part of the modernisation of safety
cooperation project (link to project overview) with a remit from the board of
RSSB to understand 100% of system safety risk, identify areas for
improvement, facilitate safety cooperation across the industry including
sharing good practice and horizon scanning to identify potential threats and
opportunities.
2.2
During 2013 SSRG met at eight weekly intervals. Four meetings are planned
for 2014 but in addition risk review workshop sessions are to be organised.
Meetings have been held at RSSB, ATOC and Network Rail to illustrate this is
a body with pan-industry buy-in. The December 2014 meeting will be held at
the ORR offices, London.
2.3
The meeting is chaired by Andy Cooper, MD of Crosscountry Trains, who is
supported by a deputy, Allan Spence of Network Rail. A full list of members
can be viewed on the RSSB website.
2.4
Throughout the year, SSRG has developed its terms of reference and these
received final approval from the RSSB board in November. The terms of
reference are underpinned by six key objectives.
3.
Year 1 progress and planned objectives for 2014/15
3.1
Early SSRG meetings focussed on the development and agreement of six key
objectives aimed at delivering the purpose agreed in the SSRG terms of
reference. The six key objectives are:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Understand 100% of system safety risk
Identify areas for improvement
Facilitate safety cooperation
Share good practice
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5. Horizon Scanning
6. Annual stewardship
3.2
Each SSRG meeting is structured around these six key objectives and
progress is monitored using the RAG process.
3.3
The status of delivery progress against the 2013/14 objectives is summarised
in Table 1 below.
3.4
Table 1 also identifies planned objectives including success criteria for
2014/15. The board are invited to note that these objectives include the
requirement to produce the workforce, passenger and public risk review
papers plus the annual risk review paper as directed by the board and these
papers will be circulated to board members as requested.
3.5
The objectives also include the requirement for SSRG to develop the 10 year
SPAD risk control strategy as requested by the board.
3.6
At this stage the objectives do not include any actions generated by the
Industry Safety Meeting (ISM) on 17 April 2014 but the chair of SSRG is
aware that further enhancements may be required.
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Objective Category
1. Understand 100% of
system safety risk
2. Identify areas for
improvement
3. Facilitate safety
cooperation
4. Share good practice
5. Horizon scanning
6. Annual stewardship
report to the RSSB Board
Objective
Lead
Progress status
Success Criteria
Timeframe
Define system safety
RSSB
Delivering to plan
Published definition and guidance
Dec-14
Identify risk scope and approach
RSSB
Delivering to plan
An agreed scope and means of implementation
Jun-14
Oversee the review of risk models and intelligence
RSSB
New
10 year vision and strategy
Jan-15
System safety performance report against scope
RSSB
Complete
Defined content of performance report
Dec-13
Reports from cooperative groups (sub-groups, projects and other
associated groups
RSSB
Delivering to plan
A suitable reporting and response process developed
Sep-14
Sponsor specific reports and investigations
RSSB
Complete
A suitable reporting and investigations process developed
Mar-14
Develop structured and systematic risk review process
RSSB
Delivering to plan
Produce, review and publish the 3 risk papers on public,
passenger and workforce risk
Mar-15
Annual risk review (This will form part of the 2015 stewardship
report)
SSRG to sponsor the systematic review activity for each subgroup
RSSB
New
Mar-15
RSSB
Delivering to plan
Annual risk review (This will form part of the 2015
stewardship report)
Agreed objectives and priorities for each sub-group
SSRG to monitor the systematic review of risks for each subgroup
RSSB
Understand and review the current arrangements and sponsor
improvements
Support cooperative arrangements
RSSB
New
Delivering to plan
SSRG receive and review outputs and consider strategies to
address including developing a the 10 year SPAD strategy
Complete stages 1,2 and 3 of MoSC project
Oct-14 onwards
Mar-15
RSSB
New
Proposals for continuous improvements developed
Sep-14
Understand and review current approach to sharing good practice
RSSB
Delivering to plan
A published paper summarising the current arrangements
including recommendations for improvements
Dec-14
Develop a strategy for future sharing of good practice
RSSB
New
A published strategy for sharing good practice
Jun-15
Monitor and review
RSSB
New
Dec-15
Promote the role and purpose of SSRG to the rest of the industry
RSSB
Delivering to plan
An agreed mechanism for continually monitoring and
reviewing the way good practice is shared including SSRG
sponsored products
An industry wide understanding of SSRG’s role and purpose.
Establish an horizon scanning process where SSRG can:
- Learn from other railway systems
-Learn from other industry sectors
- Anticipate opportunities and threats around Political, Economic,
Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental developments
RSSB
Complete
A published paper summarising the arrangements and
defining an ongoing programme
Dec-13
Consider industry response to opportunities and threats and
identify if anything further needs to be done
SSRG to submit annual stewardship report to RSSB Board
RSSB
Delivering to plan
A coordinated response to identified specific risks
On-going
RSSB
Complete
SSRG to submit annual stewardship report to RSSB Board
May-14
Publication of annual evaluation of SSRG
RSSB
New
Publication of annual evaluation of SSRG
Mar-15
Dec-14
Dec-14
Table 1: The status of delivery progress against the 2013/14 objectives
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3.7
A more detailed description of the objectives, progress and outcomes can be
found by clicking here.
3.8
The board are requested to review the planned 2014/15 objectives along with
the output of the recent ISM and determine if further action is required by
SSRG.
4.
Definition of system safety
4.1
SSRG has identified that there is a need to help the whole industry
understand what is meant by system safety, define its scope and clarify
roles/responsibilities through the production of simple visual guidance. (see
also board paper 1).
4.2
Under SSRG objective 1: ‘Understand 100% of system safety risk’, SSRG are
overseeing the work of the System Safety Working Group to develop simple
guidance on the application of best practice in managing the overall risk
drawn from best practice from the rail industry and other high risk industries.
This is proposed as a future agenda item for the board later in 2014.
5.
Recommendations
5.1
The RSSB board is asked to:
a) NOTE the progress made by SSRG against its objectives during the first
year of operation.
b) DISCUSS and APPROVE its planned objectives for 2014/15 taking into
account the output from the recent ISM.
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