Implementation Tools and Guidance: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

All organisations that provide NHS funded Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set (IAPT) services in England must submit data. This page explains the data you need to submit.

New Name for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

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, and will be accompanied by the following tagline: for anxiety and depression.

For further information about the name change, please 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.

IAPT 2.1 submission guidance documents

IAPT 2.1 Enhanced Technical Output Specification (ETOS) v 2.1.22 - 19 May 2025

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IAPT 2.1 Data Model v2.1.4 - 14 July 2021

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IAPT 2.1 User Guidance v1.6 - 31 January 2025

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Additional guidance

This handbook is published on the IAPT Future collaboration platfor m, part of the Future NHS collaboration platform.

If you do not have a Future NHS collaboration platform account, follow the registration process.

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Employment Advisers in IAPT Data Handbook for v2.1

Handbook specifying the collection of employment related data items required for IAPT v2.1 to supplement the Technical Output Specification.

Guidance on collecting and submitting data for the data items on gender

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Gender identity

Guidance for improving data quality in the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set.

IAPT 2.1 Data Access Request Specification and Data Output Model

The Specification and Output Model are intended for use by customers requesting access to CSDS data via the Data Access Request Services (DARS).

The Specification defines the structure and individual data items that make up the CSDS data assets available to request via DARS.

The Output Model gives a high-level overview of how the different tables in the CSDS are grouped together and made available for request via DARS.

IAPT v2.1 DARS Specification

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IAPT v2.1 DARS Output Model

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Contact us

If you have a general enquiry about the data set, contact us at [email protected] or telephone us on 0300 303 5678.

Last edited: 19 May 2025 11:06 am