Developing excellence in the workforce is the key to achieving the best patient recovery rates and greater savings to both the NHS and the wider economy.
The IAPT workforce is specifically developed to deliver NICE-recommended low and high intensity interventions for people with mild, moderate to severe depression and anxiety disorders in a system of stepped care.
Different skill mixes can result in different cost effectiveness so, rather than prescribing the exact workforce numbers and types of staff, IAPT workforce guidance emphasises the functions/competences and levels of work of staff in IAPT services. High quality services use agreed frameworks adapted to local need.
Each therapeutic approach has agreed standards.
Working in the IAPT Programme: Frequently asked questions