NHS Wakefield CCG Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service

General overview and objectives of service The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is an NHS programme of talking therapy treatments recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) which support frontline mental health services in common mental health disorders. (see http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/). It was created to offer people a realistic and routine first-line treatment, combined where appropriate with medication, which traditionally had been the only treatment available....