Publication, Part of NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression, Annual reports

NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression, Annual reports, 2022-23

Publication Date:: 16 Jan 2024
Geographic Coverage:: England

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Additional analysis of therapy-based outcomes in IAPT services

A correction has been made to this publication on 23/04/2024. These amendments relate to the following measures:

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Percentage_IntergratedAppointments
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These measures are published in the "psych-ther-ann-rep-csv-2022-23-iet-ltc.csv" file, all measures have now been corrected. NHS England apologises for any inconvenience caused.

23 April 2024 09:27 AM

Summary

This statistical release is the annual report on the NHS Talking Therapies programme from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023. NHS Talking Therapies is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with anxiety or depression.

The publication contains analyses on activity, waiting times and outcomes such as recovery in 2022-23. In addition, the report covers a range of demographic analyses including outcomes for patients of different ages, ethnic group and separately for ex-British Armed Forces personnel.

This report also contains additional analysis for therapy-based outcomes in NHS Talking Therapies services.

Considerations, caveats and known issues relating to individual measures published in this report can be found in the NHS Talking Therapies metadata document published below.

Highlights

1.76 million referrals to NHS Talking Therapies

down 2.9% from 1.81 million in 2021-22

89.3% accessed NHS Talking Therapies services within 6 weeks

down 1.8 percentage points from 91.1% in 2021-22

1.22 million referrals accessed NHS Talking Therapies services

down 2.3% from 1.24 million in 2021-22

8.1 sessions of treatment on average

up from 7.9 sessions in 2021-22

672,193 referrals completed course of treatment

up 1.2% from 664,087 completing course of treatment in 2021-22

49.9% referrals moved to recovery

down 0.3 percentage points from 50.2% in 2021-22

635,759 sessions of Internet Enabled Therapy were recorded

down 2.0% from 648,617 sessions of Internet Enabled Therapy in 2021-22

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Please note that that these numbers reflect activity in the year 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 NHS Talking Therapies treatment in the year.