IAPT Staff Briefing – short version
Provider organisation:
The Trust <or other organisation> has been successful in a tender process
and has been awarded the contract to run a new therapy service for people
with anxiety and depression in <insert locality>. The service is part of a
national programme that is Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.
These services focus on treating anxiety and depression. They ensure
people have a choice of services and are able to access them quickly and
efficiently.
The new service will enable people to self refer and over the coming weeks
the <insert department name here> will be working to prepare for a service
launch in <insert date here>. To learn more about this type of service you can
read more at www.iapt.nhs.uk
Commissioning Organisation:
A new therapy service for people with anxiety and depression will be launched
in <date> and run by <insert new provider organisation here>. The service will
ensure people have a choice of services for common mental health problems
and are able to access them quickly and efficiently, full details of this service
will be published nearer to the launch date. To learn more about this type of
service you can read more at www.iapt.nhs.uk
IAPT Staff Briefing – long version
Provider organisation:
The Trust <or other organisation> has been successful in a tender process
and has been awarded the contract to run a new therapy service for people
with anxiety and depression in <insert locality>. The service is part of a
national programme that is Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.
These services focus on treating anxiety and depression. They ensure
people have a choice of services and are able to access them quickly and
efficiently.
The services operate by delivering NICE approved treatments for
psychological therapies. Critically, the programme is one of training and
education for the workforce and service delivery. The service operates using
High Intensity Workers and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners. High
Intensity Workers may be Clinical psychologists, Counselling psychologists,
Nurse therapists, Primary Care counsellors and other qualified Mental Health
professionals. Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners can be people from a
wide range of backgrounds with a special interest in therapy.
The new service will enable people to self refer and over the coming weeks
the <insert department name here> will be working to prepare for a service
launch in <insert date here>.
All staff will be notified of full details of this service, how they can work with it
and what it means for their work nearer to the launch date.
Securing the right to run this service, which was tendered by <insert PCT
name here> is excellent news and everybody who contributed to the tender
process is thanked and congratulated.
To learn more about this type of service you can read more at
www.iapt.nhs.uk
Commissioning Organisation:
A new therapy service for people with anxiety and depression will be launched
in <date> and run by <insert new provider organisation here>
This is part of a series of services nationally, known as Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies (IAPT), that will help to ensure people have a choice
of services for common mental health problems and are able to access these
services quickly and efficiently.
IAPT services are designed to offer a level of support that gets the best
results and helps people to help themselves, supporting them to get back to
enjoying life and engaging with work or daily activities. People’s experiences
of anxiety and depression often differ and so various levels of support may be
needed.
The new service will enable people to self refer and a visit to a GP will
therefore not be necessary. Primary Care staff will be notified of full details of
this service nearer to the launch date.
To learn more about this type of service you can read more at
www.iapt.nhs.uk