Publication, Part of Psychological Therapies, Reports on the use of IAPT services
Psychological Therapies: reports on the use of IAPT services, England - December 2020 Final including a report on the IAPT Employment Advisers pilot and Quarter 3 2020-21 data
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Data resubmission
Please note that this publication was updated on 16th December 2021 to include revised data for some providers. This is following a one off resubmission exercise that took place in August 2021 and covered the data period September 2020 to May 2021 inclusive.
Please note that due to processing errors, the Quarterly Activity Data File and accompanying interactive dashboard were not included in the reissued data. The updated quarterly dashboard was published on 21 February 2022.
16 December 2021 09:30 AM
Summary
This statistical release makes available the most recent Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) monthly data, including activity, waiting times, and outcomes such as recovery.
IAPT is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with depression or anxiety. This release also includes experimental statistics from the IAPT Employment Adviser Pilot.
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Highlights
In December 2020 there were:
115,671 referrals to talking therapies
92.8% of referrals started treatment within 6 weeks
81,699 referrals started treatment
7.8 sessions of treatment on average per referral
48,111 referrals completed a course of treatment
51.6% referrals moved to recovery
40,075 Internet Enabled Therapy sessions took place
10,274 referrals with an integrated care contact
Please note that these numbers reflect activity in the month 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 IAPT treatment in the month.
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