Psychology

(asked on 14th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the targets set in the Five Year Forward View, published in October 2014, and Health Education England’s Stepping forward to 2020-21: The mental health workforce plan for England, published in July 2017, how many additional psychological therapists are working in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services as of May 2018 compared to September 2016.


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Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 17th May 2018

Information is not currently available in the format requested.

The latest workforce data published by NHS Digital is for January 2018. This can be found at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/nhs-workforce-statistics---january-2018#Summary

However, the specific level of detail relating to this aspect of the National Health Service workforce is not currently available.

The most recent Improving Access to Psychological Therapies census for 2015 can be found at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/mentalhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2016/09/adult-iapt-workforce-census-report-15.pdf

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