Doncaster and Newham became national demonstration sites in 2006. Their mission was to test the effectiveness of providing significant increases in evidence-based psychological therapy services to people with the common mental health problems of depression and anxiety disorders.
Their aim was to improve health and well-being and either to keep people in work and joining in community activity or to or return them to it.
Doncaster PCT
Doncaster provided enhanced access to low intensity Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy (CBT) interventions. Case managers are supervised by
a psychological therapist. Referrals are received from a range of
primary and community settings (e.g. GPs, Job Centre Plus, employers)
and services are provided both in primary care and at the team base.
In 2006/07, Doncaster developed a comprehensive stepped care model of
psychological therapy provision, including frontline services provided
by case managers supporting over 4,500 people.
To download the Doncaster Report, Click here Doncaster report.doc
Newham PCT
The East London and the City Mental Health Trust (ELCMHT) provided a comprehensive CBT psychological therapy service to people presenting with common mental health problems in General Practices across the Borough.
The service was delivered by CBT-trained therapists and provided either in the individual's practice or in a local treatment centre. Local employers access the service to help people stay in employment.
The programme is complemented by increasing access to Employment Coaches provided by Mental Health Matters (MHM).
In 2006/07, Newham treated an additional 800 people, developed culturally sensitive CBT interventions and a further 600 people were supported in seeking to return to work.
The sites have now been running for over twelve months and have recently released their first evaluation reports.
To download the Newham IAPT Report, Click here Newham report.doc
Initial evaluation of the two demonstration sites by David M Clark, Richard Layard, and Rachel Smithies LSE Centre for Economic Performance Working Paper No. 1648
In the first phase of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ) programme, two demonstration sites were established in Doncaster and Newham with funding to provide increased availability of cognitive-behaviour therapy-based (CBT) services to those in the community who need them.
This report documents the achievements of the sites up to September 2007 (roughly their first year of operation) and makes recommendations for the future roll out of IAPT services
This resived report for November 2008 includes an Annex exploring whether the outcomes of individuals in the IAPT service were related to ethnicity. Analysis of outcomes from the Newham IAPT service shows that ethnicity did not appear to influence outcome. Patients from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups who were treated in the service achieved at least as good outcomes as non-BME patients. Suggesting that the Newham service was successful in equitably meeting the needs of its ethnically diverse population.
Download IAPT: Initial evaluation of the two demonstration sites pdf