Publication, Part of Psychological Therapies, Reports on the use of IAPT services

Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England - February 2020 Final including reports on the IAPT pilots

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:: 14 May 2020
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Care Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, GP practices, Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Mental Health Trusts, NHS Trusts
Date Range:: 01 Feb 2020 to 29 Feb 2020

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Introduction

Summary

This statistical release makes available the most recent Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) monthly data, including activity, waiting times, and outcomes such as recovery.

IAPT is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with depression or anxiety.

This release also includes experimental statistics from the IAPT integrated health pilot and the IAPT Employment Adviser pilot.

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In February 2020 there were:

149,713 referrals to talking therapies

87.8% started treatment within 6 weeks

94,307 referrals started treatment

6.9 sessions of treatment on average per referral

47,337 referrals completed a course of treatment

51.0% of referrals moved to recovery

Interactive Dashboard February 2020

Open the IAPT monthly interactive dashboard. This tool is in Microsoft PowerBI which does not fully support all accessibility needs. If you need further assistance, please contact us for help.

Please note that that these numbers reflect activity in the month 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 IAPT treatment in the month.