Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set
Data Provision Notice requiring submission of data to fulfil the requirements of the national Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set (version 2.1)
New name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services
Following an extensive engagement process, NHS England national mental health team has recently announced a new name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services: NHS Talking Therapies, accompanied by the following tagline: for anxiety and depression.
For further information about the name change, visit the NHS England pages NHS England What’s in a name? NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression – the new name for IAPT services.
The data set will continue to be referred to as ‘IAPT’ until the next uplift of the data set has received DAPB approval.
Overview
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set (IAPT Data Set) is a patient level, output based, secondary uses data set which aims to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent and comparable person-based information for people referred to NHS-commissioned adult IAPT services for depression and anxiety in England.
Scope
This collection is for all activity relating to people accessing NHS-commissioned adult IAPT services for depression and anxiety in England. This includes activity relating to people under the age of 18 accessing NHS-commissioned adult IAPT services.
This Notice is served on:
- NHS Mental Health Trusts
- NHS Acute Trusts
- NHS Community Health Trusts
- Independent and third sector healthcare providers offering a service model that includes NHS funded patients where this is direct provision of IAPT services.
Period
Version 2.1 of the IAPT Data Set must be collected locally from 1 April 2022, with national submissions commencing on 16 May 2022 for April 2022 data.
The frequency of the submission has not been altered and will continue on a monthly basis.
Updates
2 March 2022: This Notice has been amended as a result of the changes introduced as part of version 2.1 of the IAPT data set which goes live on 1 April 2022.
Last edited: 26 July 2023 11:58 am