Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

IAPT is a patient level, output based, secondary uses dataset 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.  

The IAPT programme began in 2008 and has transformed treatment of adult anxiety disorders and depression in England. Over 900,000 people now access IAPT services each year, and the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health committed to expanding services further, alongside improving quality.  

The data collected by NHS Digital will be used to measure the success of the Adult IAPT programme.  

For more information go to: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set

Direction  

NHS Digital has been directed by NHS England under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the information specified for this service. The direction came into force on 1 April 2018. 

Legal basis for the collection of the data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 254. 

Data Provision Notice  

The latest data provision notice was published on 2 July 2020. 

Legal basis for the provision of data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 259. 

Legal basis for processing the data 

The UK GDPR Article 6 lawful basis for the processing of the personal data within this collection falls under: 

• Article 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller

The UK GDPR Article 9 condition for processing special categories of personal data within the collection falls under: 

• Article 9 2 (h) processing is necessary for the provision of health care or treatment, and for the management of health care systems or services 

Transparency notice  

Click the link below to find out about the Transparency Notice:

View the Transparency Notice

Lag time from collection to dissemination  

Approximately 3 working days after submission window.  

Frequency  

It is disseminated on a monthly basis.  

Commissioning extracts specification  

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies specification.  

Suppression rules 

Read the suppression rules.