Depressive Illnesses: Health Services

Health written question – answered at on 8 April 2010.

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Photo of Margaret Moran Margaret Moran Labour, Luton South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts provide services for clinical depression; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Phil Hope Phil Hope Minister of State (the East Midlands), Regional Affairs, Minister of State (the East Midlands), Department of Health

We do not collect these data centrally. The provision of local health services is a decision for primary care trusts and their strategic health authorities. Clinicians are best placed to decide what services their local communities need and how they are provided.

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