ABSTRACT
In October 2007 the UK Government announced £170 million funding for a programme of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) for anxiety and depression in England. Three years later, IAPT services had been established covering approximately 60 per cent of the population of England, 3,660 new cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists and psychological well-being practitioners had been trained, and an estimated 282,000 people had received treatment, of whom 95,000 had recovered from anxiety and depression (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, 2011a). In view of the success of the programme, £400 million was announced in the October 2010 UK Government Spending Review for a further four-year roll-out to cover the whole country and extend the programme.
