8. PSA AND DSO PERFORMANCE
8.1.5 The Departmental Report 2009 states
(at p. 241) that for PSA indicator 18.5 (Improving access
to psychological therapies) a baseline was to be established in
May 2009 from key performance indicator data returns for
the fourth quarter of 2008-9. Can the Department now provide this
baseline? Has the Department now set a target for this indicator
to allow progress to be measured by comparison with baseline data?
(Q96)
Answer
1. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
(IAPT) baseline data was established from quarter 4 (2008-09)
data and was approved by the June 2009 PSA: 18: Health and
Wellbeing Delivery Board. The baseline will inform the development
of trajectories over the next three years for improving the proportion
of people with depression and/or anxiety disorders accessing psychological
therapy.
2. Data showing absolute numbers of people
accessing and entering treatment is reported quarterly by all
PCTs. Baseline data comparing the estimated numbers of people
with depression and anxiety disorder (from the Psychiatric Morbidity
Survey) with the number of people accessing psychological therapies
in quarter 3 (October 2008 to December 2008) showed
that 1.47% of the estimated population with depression and/or
anxiety disorders accessed psychological therapies. Data for
the first three reporting quarters has shown an increase in the
proportion of people with depression and/or anxiety disorders
accessing psychological therapies, rising from the baseline to
5.35% of the total prevalent population over three quarters.
The proportion of the prevalent population with depression and/or
anxiety disorders entering treatment has risen from the baseline
of 0.76% to 3.01% in the same period.
3. Individual SHAs have been provided with
trajectories based on regional allocation of CSR 2007 funding
for IAPT training and service development. Regional delivery plans
are signed off by the national programme board to support regional
assurance processes.
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