News News Archive 2008 Evaluation of SRI pilots published
Evaluation of SRI pilots published |
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| Monday, 03 November 2008 |
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The Scottish Government have published the findings of an independent evaluation of the Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI) Pilots in five Health Board Areas. The SRI is a practice development tool which is being developed to assess the degree to which mental health services meet expectations in respect of recovery, rights, inclusion and equalities. The research found that the SRI appeared to have good potential to influence change. It demonstrated how the SRI results can challenge service cultures and point to changes that can be made to promote a stronger recovery orientation. A key strength of the SRI was found to be in its level of detail, which made it possible to pinpoint both areas of good practice and areas for improvement and which provided a structure for identifying what should change and how. However, administering SRI proved to be time consuming and evaluation participants were confused by the scoring of the SRI and felt that there was limited value in the summary scores. The findings of this evaluation are being taken into account as SRN work to redevelop the tool towards achieving the Government’s stated aim that the tool should be in general use by 2010. View / download the summary (web or PDF) or full version (web or PDF) 31/10/2008 SRI event - places still available |
| New SRN research explores the experience of recovery over time |
16 May Since the first discussions about bringing recovery based approaches to Scotland began, one thing has always been clear: that people's personal narratives - the stories and experiences they share - are central to understanding and encouraging mental health recovery. |
| Black women, recovery and resilience |
16 May In a specially commissioned article for SRN, researcher and psychiatric survivor Dr Jayasree Kalathil explores the issues of recovery and resilience from the perspective of black women interviewed for a 2011 study by Survivor Research and the Mental Health Foundation. While the article focuses on recent data from England, there are important lessons to be learnt everywhere, including Scotland. |
| What mental health practitioners talk about, when they talk about SRI 2 |
16 May Having recently facilitated Learning Networks on the use of the updated Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI 2), SRN’s John McCormack was keen to hear from practitioners about their use of the tool and how it affects practice in the field. Here John shares his discussions with Lindsay Kerr and Jan Thomson who both work in NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Mental Health Services. |
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