Publication, Part of NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression, Annual reports

NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression, Annual reports, 2025-26

Publication Date:: 24 Sep 2026
Geographic Coverage:: England

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Summary

This statistical release is the annual report on the NHS Talking Therapies programme from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026. NHS Talking Therapies is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with anxiety or depression.

The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2025-26. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel.

This report also contains additional analysis for therapy-based outcomes in NHS Talking Therapies services.

Considerations, caveats and known issues relating to individual measures published in this report can be found in the NHS Talking Therapies metadata document published below.

Highlights

1.81 million referrals to NHS Talking Therapies

down 0.01% from 1.81 million in 2024-25

89.1% accessed NHS Talking Therapies services within 6 weeks

down 2.5 percentage points from 91.6% in 2024-25

1.17 million referrals accessed NHS Talking Therapies services

down 3.30% from 1.21 million in 2024-25

8.6 sessions of treatment on average

up from 8.4 sessions in 2024-25

674,683 referrals completed course of treatment

up 0.64% from 670,419 completing course of treatment in 2024-25

50.1% referrals moved to recovery

down 0.4 percentage points from 50.5% in 2024-25

488,831 sessions of Internet Enabled Therapy were recorded

down 3.86% from 508,455 sessions of Internet Enabled Therapy in 2024-25

64,374 referrals finished a course of treatment having received employment support

up 31.06% from 49,117 referrals finished a course of treatment having received employment support in 2024-25

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Please note that that these numbers reflect activity in the year and are not all based on the same group of referrals.

The proportion of referrals starting treatment within 6 weeks, mean treatment session, and the recovery rate are based on referrals completing a course of NHS Talking Therapies treatment in the year.

Please note that sub-ICB data is currently not available but will be included in the files below in due course.