Changing the submission windows for NHS Talking Therapies Data Announcement of methodological change

This guide explains the main changes that have been made to the collection of NHS Talking Therapies data and the effect they have had on the NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors publication series.

To provide more timely statistics in the NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors publication series, revised submission windows will be introduced to support a move to reporting data in the month following activity.

Activity data related to October, will be captured in November and reported upon in the December publication. Statistics presented in the NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors publication series will therefore be derived from data captured in the current provisional window (formerly called the primary window). Going forward this single window and the publication will be termed the performance window and the performance publication respectively, reflecting that it will be employed to assess performance.

As per the current situation, a second window will remain in place and providers will have the ability to re-submit data in the month following the new performance window. This has historically been termed the refresh (or performance) submission window and will now be referred to as the final window. Any data submitted in the final window will feed into rolling measures within future publications and the publication of annual statistics at the end of the financial year (there will not be a second monthly publication directly following the final Window).

More details on the submission windows for NHS Talking Therapies data can be found at Submitting IAPT data - NHS Digital.