Written question asked by Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Monday, 25 March 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made towards meeting the target of having over 1,500 mental health therapists in primary care by March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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Data for the workforce providing mental health therapy services in the community via the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme are available from the 2015 IAPT Workforce Census, which recorded 8,588 IAPT staff (by headcount, equivalent to 7,205 full time equivalents) as at 30 April 2015.
More recent data are not available.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 234701
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Primary care Recruitment Mental health services
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2019-03-25 18:30:52 +0000
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