Updated 22 July 2008

NEW IAPT WEBSITE

IAPT now have their own website, http://www.nhs.uk/iapt.  This website will explain the role of IAPT and their plans for the future and is designed to engage the public in the role of the IAPT programme. 

Updated 16 June 2008

32 PCTS TO SPEARHEAD SURGE IN TALKING THERAPIES

Health minister Ivan Lewis today announced the 32 sites who will begin to roll out talking therapies around the country.

Each of the 32 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will receive a share of the £33 million first instalment of new money announced for the purpose by Health Secretary Alan Johnson on World Mental Health Day last year (10 October).

The funds will help the NHS create a new workforce that can offer properly supervised low intensity and high intensity therapy, slashing waiting times for this kind of treatment andh elping patients achieve a level of recovery that they can clearly see and which is in line with the evidence from clinical trials that has been independently reviewed by the national
Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis said:

“This initiative will transform the way the NHS helps people with depression and anxiety disorders. It will help to reduce the stigma associated with mental health problems. I believe it is one of the most important advances for NHS services in a generation.”

Over the next three years, 3,600 extra therapists will be trained and offer treatment to 900,000 people. In the first year, at least 700 therapists will be trained and see around 100,000 people.

Training places are expected to become available through the NHS Jobs website www.jobs.nhs.uk from late June.

The successful PCTs chosen to take part in the first year are:

NHS North West
Eastern and Central Cheshire
Western Cheshire
Knowsley
Salford
East Lancashire

NHS South West
Bournemouth and Poole
Cornwall and the isles of Scilly
Dorset
Swindon

NHS East of England
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
West Hertfordshire

NHS Yorks and Humber
North Lincolnshire
Leeds
East Riding
Sheffield

NHS East Midlands
Nottingham City
Lincolnshire

NHS London
Camden
City and Hackney
Ealing

NHS West Midlands
Dudley
Shropshire
Stoke

NHS South East Coast
East Sussex Downs and Weald
Hastings and Rother
Brighton and Hove City
West Kent (locality)

NHS South Central
Buckinghamshire (locality)
Berkshire West (locality)

NHS North East
South Tyneside
North Tyneside

Updated 28 February 2008

Please note that the following publications are now available on the www.newwaysofworking.org.uk website.

• Curriculum for High Intensity Therapies Workers
• Curriculum for Low Intensity Therapies Workers
• Equality Impact Assessment
• Impact Assessment
• National Guidelines for Regional Delivery

They can be found on the home page http://www.newwaysofworking.org.uk/  or on the psychological therapies page http://www.newwaysofworking.org.uk/psychological_therapies.aspx.