Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

Collecting information about people in contact with adult psychological therapy services in England.

IAPT v2.1 Implementation Delayed By Three Months

Further to publication of the Information Standards Notice (ISN) for IAPT v2.1 in July 2021, implementation has been delayed by three months. Please visit the IAPT 2.1 webpage for further information.

Background

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme

The Adult Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme began in the NHS in 2008 and has transformed the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression in adults in England.

Learn more about the NHS England Adult IAPT programme.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) data set

The IAPT data set was developed with the IAPT programme as a patient level, output based, secondary uses data set which aims to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent and comparable information for patients accessing NHS-funded IAPT services in England.

This national data set has been collected since April 2012 and is a mandatory submission for all NHS funded care, including care delivered by independent sector healthcare providers.

How the IAPT data set is used

The IAPT data set provides a comprehensive national picture of the use of IAPT services in England and supports a variety of secondary use functions such as:

commissioning
clinical audit
research
service planning
inspection and regulation
monitoring government policies and legislation
local and national performance management and bench marking
national reporting and analysis

Submitting IAPT data

Learn more about supporting the submission of IAPT data.

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Submitting IAPT data

This page explains the data you need to submit and how.

Guidance for the three data items on gender within MHSDS v5.0

Guidance on the three gender data items introduced as part of MHSDS v5.0. The guidance will also be applicable in the submission of IAPT data when v2.1 goes live in 2022.

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Guidance on collecting and submitting data for the data items on gender within the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) v5.0

Further information

Access data from the IAPT data set

The IAPT Data Set provides a comprehensive national picture of the use of IAPT services in England.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) post-deadline extract file guidance

Guidance on how to use post-deadline extracts for your organisation.

DAPB1520: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set collects information about adults in contact with psychological therapy services.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

Why and how we process your data in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) collection, and your rights.

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Quality Submission Summary Tool

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Quality Submission Summary Tool is designed to improve readability and understanding of the IAPT summary reports that are provided following a submission on the SDCS Cloud portal.

Last edited: 11 January 2022 5:01 pm