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<p>The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is
available is shown in the following table. The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies
(IAPT) dataset contains information on referrals to IAPT services which provide talking
therapies. Information is provided both for Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group
(CCG) and for all 33 North West CCGs combined for the year 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="4"><p>The number of referrals entering treatment<sup>1</sup> in the year,
with mean and median waiting times (days), for IAPT<sup>2</sup> services in 2013/14.
Data shown for NHS Warrington CCG and all North West CCGs combined<sup>3</sup>.</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Organisation
name</p></td><td><p>Referrals<sup>4</sup> entering treatment</p></td><td><p>Mean<sup>5</sup>
waiting time to first treatment appointment (days)</p></td><td><p>Median<sup>5</sup>
waiting time to first treatment appointment (days)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Warrington CCG</p></td><td><p>3,250</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>All
North West CCGs combined</p></td><td><p>94,775</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><sup>1</sup>In
order to enter treatment a referral must have a first treatment appointment (an appointment
with a therapy type recorded) in the year.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>2</sup>IAPT
services are psychological therapies services commissioned by the NHS through the
IAPT programme.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>3</sup>CCG is based
on general practitioner (GP) Practice. Where GP Practice is not recorded, or cannot
be assigned to a CCG, the referral is categorised as 'Unknown'.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="4"><p><sup>4</sup>This is not distinct people, as a person can have more
than one referral.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><sup>5</sup>Means
and medians have been rounded to the nearest whole number.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" rowspan="2"><p>Waiting
time is measured by counting the number of days between a referral being received
and the first treatment appointment. For 2013/14, the presence of a valid therapy
type is used as an indicator of whether treatment was provided in the course of the
appointment.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Entering treatment figures are
rounded to the nearest 5, except for England totals.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>It is generally
advised that the median is used as the more reliable measure of average waiting time,
as this accounts better for any outliers in the data</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Source:</em>
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Dataset, Health and Social Care
Information Centre</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
</p><p>The Government has announced the first ever access and waiting standards for
mental health services for 2015/16. These standards will include treatment within
six weeks for 75% of people referred to IAPT, with 95% of people being treated within
18 weeks.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
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