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UK health policy requires child and adolescent mental health service p
roviders to demonstrate that their services are effective. The FOCUS p
roject has been developed to improve the availability and accessibilit
y of research evidence and innovation, to support purchasers in the ef
fective commissioning of services and to help providers base service p
rovision on evidence of effectiveness and develop methods of evaluatio
n.