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Thank you for all of your contributions. The survey responses will be analysed and we will provide an update as soon as we know more about a name change.
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Mental wellbeing services called IAPT, which stands for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, are to get a new name.
IAPT started in October 2008 with the ambition to provide psychological therapy, recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), for people struggling with anxiety and depression.
IAPT is now one of the flagship programmes of the NHS Long Term Plan, with more than 1.2 million people accessing such services in 2021/22.
However, the IAPT acronym can deter people from using the services as it is not clear what IAPT or Improving Access to Psychological Therapies means.
Options that have been put forward are:
NHS Talking Therapies service (so in our area that would be NHS Kent and Medway Talking Therapies service)
NHS Psychological Therapies service (in our area, NHS Kent and Medway Psychological Therapies service)
If you would like to have a say on the new name, please take part in the survey by 16 December 2022.
Read more
More information is available in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) brand refresh pack, produced by NHS England and Health Education England.
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Thank you for all of your contributions. The survey responses will be analysed and we will provide an update as soon as we know more about a name change.
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Mental wellbeing services called IAPT, which stands for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, are to get a new name.
IAPT started in October 2008 with the ambition to provide psychological therapy, recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), for people struggling with anxiety and depression.
IAPT is now one of the flagship programmes of the NHS Long Term Plan, with more than 1.2 million people accessing such services in 2021/22.
However, the IAPT acronym can deter people from using the services as it is not clear what IAPT or Improving Access to Psychological Therapies means.
Options that have been put forward are:
NHS Talking Therapies service (so in our area that would be NHS Kent and Medway Talking Therapies service)
NHS Psychological Therapies service (in our area, NHS Kent and Medway Psychological Therapies service)
If you would like to have a say on the new name, please take part in the survey by 16 December 2022.
Read more
More information is available in the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) brand refresh pack, produced by NHS England and Health Education England.
