Mental Health
About IAPT
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is a NHS programme rolling out across England between 2008 and 2015 with training for staff and new or improved services for local communities.
The (IAPT) programme supports the frontline NHS in implementing National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders.
It was created to offer patients a realistic and routine first-line treatment, combined where appropriate with medication which traditionally had been the only treatment available. The programme was first targeted at people of working age but in 2010 was opened to adults of all ages.
In Derbyshire, there are IAPT services operating in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire and Amber Valley and Erewash.
For Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire the IAPT service is called Steps2Change. Patients can be referred to Steps2Change by their GP.
For Amber Valley and Erewash the IAPT service is called RightSteps. Patients can be referred to RightSteps by their GP. If you would like to find out more about the national IAPT programe, please click here
If you wish to find out more about IAPT KPIs or activity, please contact Tracy.McGonagle@derbyshirecountypct.nhs.uk
Contacts
- Primary Care Planning - Tracy McGonagle
- Secondary Health Care and other areas - David Gardner
- IAPT contracts - Georgina Horobin
- Derbyshire Mental Health Services Trust Contract - Tina Smith
- Contracts with Voluntary sector and contracts with neighbouring Mental Heath Trusts and partnership support - Raj Kang
- Independent hospitals - Georgina Horobin
- Reporting to Hardwick Health - Wendy Sunney
- Finance is managed by Miles Scott
- Public Health lead - Vicki Price
- Darzi next stage review Lead - Paul Rowlands. Consultant Psychiatrist based at Chesterfield CMHT
- Patient Advice and Liaison PALS link - Pam Purdue
- Derbyshire Voice - Provide Service User representation
- Quality Lead - Karen Scholes
- Informatics lead - Theingi Thant
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
If you would like to read the Derbyshire Adults Autistic Spectrum Social Care Needs Assessment, please click here
Voluntary Sector Services
Mental Health Helplines Survey