Jenny
27th March 2009, 09:34 PM
Link = http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has one principal aim, to support Primary Care Trusts in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (http://www.nice.org.uk/)guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders. At present, only a quarter of the 6 million people in the UK with these conditions are in treatment, with debilitating effects on society.
The programme began in 2006 with Demonstration sites (http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/about-us/demonstration-sites/) in Doncaster and Newham focusing on improving access to psychological therapies services for adults of working age. In 2007, 11 IAPT Pathfinders (http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/about-us/iapt-pathfinder-programme/) began to explore the specific benefits of services to vulnerable groups.
These pilot services, through routine collection of outcome measures, showed the following benefits for people receiving services:
Better health and wellbeing
High levels of satisfaction with the service received
More choice and better accessibility to clinically effective evidence-based services
Helping people stay employed and able to participate in the activities of daily living
On World Mental Health Day 2007, Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced substantial new funding to increase services over the next three years:
£33 million for 2008/9
A further £70 million to a total of £103 million in 2009/10
A further £70 million to a total of £173 million in 2010/11
This funding will allow:
In 2008/09 34 Primary Care Trusts to implement IAPT services, with more to follow in the next two years
Regional training programmes to deliver 3,600 newly trained therapists with an appropriate skill mix and supervision arrangements by 2010/11
900,000 more people to access treatment, with half of them moving to recovery and 25,000 fewer on sick pay and benefits, by 2010/11.
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has one principal aim, to support Primary Care Trusts in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) (http://www.nice.org.uk/)guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders. At present, only a quarter of the 6 million people in the UK with these conditions are in treatment, with debilitating effects on society.
The programme began in 2006 with Demonstration sites (http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/about-us/demonstration-sites/) in Doncaster and Newham focusing on improving access to psychological therapies services for adults of working age. In 2007, 11 IAPT Pathfinders (http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/about-us/iapt-pathfinder-programme/) began to explore the specific benefits of services to vulnerable groups.
These pilot services, through routine collection of outcome measures, showed the following benefits for people receiving services:
Better health and wellbeing
High levels of satisfaction with the service received
More choice and better accessibility to clinically effective evidence-based services
Helping people stay employed and able to participate in the activities of daily living
On World Mental Health Day 2007, Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced substantial new funding to increase services over the next three years:
£33 million for 2008/9
A further £70 million to a total of £103 million in 2009/10
A further £70 million to a total of £173 million in 2010/11
This funding will allow:
In 2008/09 34 Primary Care Trusts to implement IAPT services, with more to follow in the next two years
Regional training programmes to deliver 3,600 newly trained therapists with an appropriate skill mix and supervision arrangements by 2010/11
900,000 more people to access treatment, with half of them moving to recovery and 25,000 fewer on sick pay and benefits, by 2010/11.