Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
Collecting information about people in contact with adult psychological therapy services in England.
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About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS Digital
- Publication date
- 20 July 2021
- Status
- Awaiting approval
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enquiries@nhsdigital.nhs.uk
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- Applies to
- Healthcare services : Hospital services for people with mental health needs
- and/or learning disabilities
- and/or problems with substance misuse
- Impacts on
- Implementation of this information standard impacts all health IT systems suppliers providing systems to the above providers; suppliers should work with their customers to determine necessary changes.
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Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
- Amanda Pritchard
- Chief Operating Officer
- NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Senior Responsible Officer
Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director, NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Business Lead
- Gavin Harrison
- Business and Operational Delivery Manager
- NHS Digital
- Approval date
- 6 July 2021
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31 March 2023
More information
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Data Set is a patient level, output based, secondary uses data set which aims to deliver robust, comprehensive, nationally consistent, and comparable information for people accessing NHS funded IAPT services located in England. This national data set has been developed with the NHS England and NHS Improvement IAPT Programme to support service delivery, inform clinical decision-making and encourage improved access to talking therapies for people with common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety disorders. As a secondary uses data set it re-uses clinical and operational data for purposes other than direct patient care, for example: commissioning, service improvement and service design. It defines the data items, definitions, and associated value sets to be extracted or derived from local information systems. These national definitions allow providers to extract data from their local systems in a consistent manner, which supports national and local reporting to be undertaken.
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