Engaging with the Scottish Government's agenda on health and social care.

Smith, Steve; Buchanan, Graham

Abstract

Outside of SF circles, SF remains relatively unknown. The Scottish Solution Focused Network (SSFN) is an organisation of SF practitioners established to support and promote SF practice in Scotland. In this paper, the authors discuss their recent thinking, derived from a series of conversations within the SSFN, on how their organisation can engage with one aspect of the Scottish Government's (formerly known as the Scottish Executive) strategy for health and wellbeing. They argue that SF practitioners in this field have a moral obligation to engage in political discourse, and that in Scotland, the Government are actively promoting SF methodologies in practice.

Citation

SMITH, S. and BUCHANAN, G. 2012. Engaging with the Scottish Government's agenda on health and social care. InterAction: the journal of solution focus in organisations [online], 4(2), pages 26-34. Available from: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/sfct/inter/2012/00000004/00000002/art00003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 30, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Nov 30, 2012
• Publication Date: Nov 30, 2012
• Deposit Date: Mar 24, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 24, 2017
• Journal: InterAction: the journal of solution focus in organisations
• Print ISSN: 1868-8063
• Electronic ISSN: 2191-8961
• Publisher: SFCT
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 26-34
• Keywords: Solution focused internactions; Scotland; Scottish Government; Health and wellbeing; Strategic family therapy
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2240
• Publisher URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/sfct/inter/2012/00000004/00000002/art00003