The College Research Unit, in collaboration
with the
Royal College of General
Practitioners Effective Clinical Practice Unit and the Health
Advisory Service (HAS 2000) was commissioned to conduct research
into services for people with depression on behalf of the Clinical
Standards Advisory Group.
The programme of work included: development of
standards for NHS services for depression, visits to eleven UK
districts to evaluate services available to people with depression,
a national survey of GPs and the secondary analysis of national
data sets.