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

Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England, March 2022 Final including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisers pilot and Quarter 4 2021-22 data

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:: 9 Jun 2022
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Care Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Mental Health Trusts, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards
Date Range:: 01 Mar 2022 to 31 Mar 2022

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Introduction

Data Quality Report - April 2022 Primary

Please note the Data Quality Report - April 2022 Primary file is not currently available. This is due to later submission window end date for the April primary data. The file will be made available as soon as available.
The April 2022 Primary Data Quality Report is now published, as of 22/06/2022.

9 June 2022 09:30 AM

IAPT Quarterly Activity Data

Please also note that the Quarterly Activity Data files have have been amended and they no longer include any supressed values. The core data is unaffected and there is no impact to the Interactive Dashboard. The new structure of the quarterly data files will be used in all future quarterly publications.

9 June 2022 09:30 AM

Measure removed

The following measure has been removed from the Employment Adviser file for March 2022. This is due to an inconsistency in the outputs, this issue is currently under investigation.

EA140 Mean_WaitEmploymentSupport

9 June 2022 09:30 AM

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. The publication series makes available the most recent IAPT monthly data, including activity, waiting times, and outcomes such as recovery. This release also includes experimental statistics from the IAPT Employment Adviser Pilot.

Due to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) disruption, it would seem that this is affecting the quality and coverage of some of our statistics, such as an increase in non-submissions for some datasets. We are also seeing some different patterns in submitted data. For IAPT, whilst the number of submitters remains unchanged, there is a significant change in the rates for recovery and improvement since pre-Covid-19 months.

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Key Facts

In March 2022 there were:

165,631 referrals to talking therapies

88.8% of referrals accessing IAPT within 6 weeks

113,423 referrals accessing IAPT

8 sessions of treatment on average per referral

59,797 referrals completed a course of treatment

51% referrals moved to recovery

66.8% of referrals finishing a course of treatment showed reliable improvement

57,693 Internet Enabled Therapy sessions took place

16,976 referrals with an integrated care contact

Interactive Dashboard March 2022

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Interactive Dashboard Quarter 4 2021/22

Access the IAPT Quarterly Interactive Dashboard

Please note 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.