The final quality standards*
| Quality standard | PrL | PL | O | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Primary care practitioners should advertise that they are available to help young people with mental health difficulties (1) | x | x | ||
| 2. Young people should be able to see a mental health specialist at the GP surgery (3) | x | x | ||
| 3. Primary care practitioners must have up-to-date information about other local services to give to young people (4) | x | x | ||
| 4. Primary care practitioners should have up-to-date information about local specialist mental health services (5) | x | x | ||
| 5. All primary care practitioners should have mental health training (6) | x | x | ||
| 6. Primary care practitioners should discuss other treatment options before prescribing medication to a young person (8) | x | x | ||
| 7. Access to talking therapies needs to be made easier as an alternative to medication for mental health problems (10) | x | x | ||
| 8. Referral times for young people should be as short as possible to reduce the stress experienced while waiting for an appointment (13) | x | x | ||
| 9. For referrals within the GP surgery, primary care practitioners should keep the young person up to date with the progress of the appointment (16) | x | x | ||
| 10. If making a referral, primary care practitioners should provide information for young people about what to expect at the first appointment (14) | x | x | ||
| 11. Primary care practitioners should discuss ways that you can help yourself overcome the symptoms of mental health problems (20) | x | x | ||
| 12. Counsellors need to be more interactive with young people rather than just listen and write notes (19) | x | x | ||
| 13. Primary care practitioners should have a strict confidentiality policy, which they state at the beginning of the consultation preventing them from disclosing information to members of the young person's family (25) | x | x | ||
| 14. Primary care practitioners should appreciate that young people can feel embarrassed to seek help and should reassure them that mental health problems are common (23) | x | x | ||
| 15. Primary care practitioners should ask questions about young persons’ relationships and support network (27) | x | x | ||
| 16. An ideal place for help with mental health problems would offer a variety of treatments for young people (38) | x | x |
*This is the final set of quality standards—the number in parentheses refers to the original number in online supplementary table S3.
A, amended O, original; PL, patient level; PrL, practice level.