Addressing health inequalities has been a priority in mental health for years, as highlighted in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan. The NHS Talking Therapies team’s work on advancing mental health equalities forms part of NHS England’s commitments to reduce mental health inequalities, and builds on the […]
Guidance detailing the clinical standards for the commissioning of anxiety management techniques for patients undergoing dental treatment in community and primary care settings.
As clinical advisors who have worked on expanding psychological therapies across our careers, we are delighted that Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services are being renamed as NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression, following a public consultation. In 2008 new NHS IAPT services were launched that made a simple promise to the public […]
The Trust West Midlands Ambulance Service The background West Midlands Ambulance Service provides a peer-led employee advice and liaison service which is a key element to the employee support offer at West Midlands Ambulance Service. The employee advice and liaison service aim to provide the timeliest possible interventions to tackle stress, anxiety, and depression for […]
It is a historic time for mental health, as the NHS celebrates its 70th year, NHS England is undertaking an ambitious programme to transform mental health services, and to provide equal status to mental and physical health. In this blog, Dr John Hague, clinical mental health lead at Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, points out […]
The NHS Talking Therapies (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)) manual and its resources have been produced to help the NHS Talking Therapies programme improve the delivery of, and access to, evidence-based psychological therapies within the NHS.
A Lead Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner explains what the Steel City is doing to tackle mental health care for pensioners: Ten million people in the UK are aged over 65 and yet older adults are under-represented in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Only 6.5% access IAPT nationally, and just 6% in Sheffield where the service […]
The NHS Talking Therapies, for anxiety and depression programme (formerly known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, IAPT) was developed to improve the delivery of, and access to, evidence-based, NICE recommended, psychological therapies for depression and anxiety disorders within the NHS. From small beginnings in 2008, the programme has steadily grown so that nearly 1.2 […]
More than 40,000 people with mental health problems are being supported back into employment thanks to an NHS programme, new data shows. The figures come alongside a new campaign launching today urging more people to sign up for help they might need through the NHS Talking Therapies service. As part of a pilot programme across […]
England’s top mental health nurse is urging people to look out for signs of dementia among family and friends over Christmas, as NHS diagnosis rates are at a three year high. Issues that may have been hidden can come to the surface or be easier to spot when families or friends across the country get […]