About the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set
Collecting information about people in contact with adult psychological therapy services in England.
New name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
Following an extensive engagement process, NHS England national mental health team has recently announced a new name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services: NHS Talking Therapies, accompanied by the following tagline: for anxiety and depression.
For further information about the name change, please visit the NHS England pages What’s in a name? NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression the new name for IAPT services.
The data set will continue to be referred to as ‘IAPT’ until the next uplift of the data set has received DAPB approval.
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
Why and how we process your IAPT data
Read why and how we process your data in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) collection, and your rights.
Last edited: 1 August 2023 11:09 am