Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (IAPT)

Per their website, "The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has one principal aim, to support Primary Care Trusts in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders."

CBT remains at the core of the £173million programme to improve access to psychological services, according to Health Secretary Alan Johnson.  He said: "While Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which has an established evidence base, will remain at the core of the psychological therapies programme, it will not do so at the exclusion of other equally valid forms of therapy.

SEPI-UK has registered with IAPT to be updated on their activities.

Read the IAPT Statement of Intent (December 2008)

Discuss IAPT’s work in our dedicated board discussion space.

1. *Wednesday 8 April 2009:  SfH Reference Group Meeting entitled, 'Developing a Career Framework for Psychological Therapists' will take place at the Hilton Hotel Euston starting at 10am and finishing at 3.30pm.  The meeting will be chaired by  Roslyn Hope, IAPT Workforce Director and Joint Chair, New Ways of Working for Psychological Therapies Group and  Jeremy Clarke, National Advisor to IAPT and Joint Chair, New Ways of Working for Psychological Therapies Group. If you would like to attend, please respond direct to june.clarke@skillsforhealth.org.uk or call June Clarke on 0121 767 1377.  ... please check back here after Wednesday for updates.