Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Data Set
Collects information about adults in contact with psychological therapy services.
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- Also known as IAPT.
- NHS Talking Therapies
- Reference code
- DAPB1520 Amd 13/2021
- Publication date
- 20/07/2021
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Collection level
Record level
- Contact point
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- Applies to
- All service providers and organisations that provide IAPT services in England
- NHS Mental Health Trusts
- NHS Acute Trusts
- NHS Community Health Trusts
- Third sector providers of direct IAPT services for NHS-funded patients
- Independent sector providers of direct IAPT services for NHS-funded patients
- 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.
- Associated medias
- Conformance date
- 25/03/2022
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Adult
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Health
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Mental health
Dependencies and related standards
- Related standards
- Mental Health Services Data Set DAPB0011
- Health and Social Care Organisation Reference Data DAPB0090
- NHS Number for Secondary Care ISB0149-02
- NHS Number for General Practice ISB0149-01
- SNOMED CT SCCI0034
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems SCCI0021
- Accessible Information DCB1605
- Sexual Orientation Monitoring DCB2094
- Overseas Visitor Charging Category DCB3017
- Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Manufacture of Health IT Systems DCB0129
- Clinical Risk Management: its Application in the Deployment and Use of Health IT Systems DCB0160
- Mental Health Services Data Set
Review Information
- Scope
- NHS Services
- Sponsor
Amanda Pritchard, Chief Operating Officer, NHS England
- Senior Responsible Officer
Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director, NHS England
- Business Lead
- Gavin Harrison, Business and Operational Delivery Manager, NHS England
- Approval date
- 06/07/2021
- Post Implementation review Date
- 31/03/2023
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This information standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
NHS standard contract
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 the 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.
About this change
The changes included in this release relate to new government policy initiatives, resolution of issues within the current data collection, and inclusion of other key stakeholder requirements as follows:
- new data items to capture gender, to align with DCB0011 Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) Version 5.0
- addition of a Medical History table - IDS601 Medical History (Previous Diagnosis) to capture medical history information
- addition of an Accommodation status table - IDS003 Accommodation Status to capture the type of accommodation that is the patient’s main or permanent residence
- minor changes to the IDS004 Employment Status and IDS201 Care Contact tables to ensure the Employment Advisors in the IAPT programme remains ‘fit for purpose’
- changes to the mandation status of two data items from Required to Mandatory:
- ‘Person Birth Date’ in the IDS001 Master Patient Index table
- ‘Employment Status Recorded Date’ in the IDS004 Employment Status table
- deletion of data items that are no longer required
- minor maintenance changes to respond to issues raised by, for example, the NHS Data Model and Dictionary Service.
System Conformance
From 1 January 2022, IAPT systems must be capable of capturing the information as defined in the Technical Output Specification (available on the NHS Digital IAPT web pages) for local use.
From 1 February 2022, IAPT systems must be able to extract data recorded in local systems to enable IAPT submissions in accordance with this standard. Health and Care Organisations.
From 1 January 2022 providers of NHS funded IAPT services must be able to collect the information as defined in the Technical Output Specification for local use.
From 1 February 2022, providers of NHS funded IAPT services must commence IAPT submissions in accordance with this standard.
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