Having a baby can be joyful, exciting, and rewarding. However, it is also common for pregnant women/birthing people and new mothers or fathers/partners to experience anxiety, depression, or emotional distress. As many as one in five women/birthing people experience emotional difficulties during pregnancy and in the first year after their baby’s birth. This can happen […]

The IAPT Transformation Programme began in Summer 2020, to learn from innovative IAPT practice across London (and beyond) and share that learning. Its aim is to describe how IAPT services work in integrated ways with other local partners, and successful ways of engaging with local communities, whilst maintaining fidelity to the IAPT model. The online […]

This guidance document is for health care professionals involved in Increasing Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services, specifically how best to effectively capture access data and to implement improved perinatal pathways. It is common for pregnant women and new mothers and partners to experience anxiety, depression or emotional distress about the new change in their […]

This slide deck offers a visual illustration of the outcomes from an event that explored new ways to offer and provide psychological therapies to Londoners. On 6 February 2018, health and care professionals from across London came together to explore ways to use digital innovations to improve access to psychological therapies and outcomes in mental health […]

On 6 February 2018, health and care professionals from across London came together for a digital hackathon to explore ways to use digital innovations to improve access to psychological therapies and outcomes in mental health care. Download the visual diary of the day. A huge case exists for improving access to psychological therapies and as such […]

Good practice material on adapting questionnaires for people with learning difficulties. Adapted PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questionnaires. Research conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London.

Summary of research on adapting clinical measures for people with learning difficulties

Poster produced by IAPT Haringey to raise awareness of their improving access to technology for people with long term conditions service. An example of good practice.

An example of a leaflet created by Haringey for improving access to psychological treatments for people living with long term conditions.

Good practice: service provider pathway resource developed by Haringey for improving access to psychological treatments for people living with long term conditions.