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

Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England November 2019 Final including reports on the IAPT pilots

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:: 13 Feb 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 Nov 2019 to 30 Nov 2019

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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 November 2019 there were:

143,418 referrals to talking therapies

87.7% started treatment within 6 weeks

98,827 referrals started treatment

7 sessions of treatment on average per referral

49,798 referrals completed a course of treatment

50.6% referrals moved to recovery

Interactive Dashboard November 2019

Click here to access the IAPT Monthly Interactive Dashboard

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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.