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<p>It is for individual clinical commissioning groups to commission treatment and
services for people with diabetes and they are best placed to identify what is needed
in their local areas.</p><p>On 21 March 2018 NHS England and NHS Improvement along
with the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health published ‘The Improving
Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical
Health Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’ which is available at the following
link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/improving-access-to-psychological-therapies-long-term-conditions-pathway.pdf</a></p><p>IAPT
services provide evidence based treatments for people with anxiety and depression
and the services are co-located in existing primary and secondary care physical health
pathways. IAPT services will target the needs of people with depression and anxiety
disorders who also have long term conditions such as diabetes.</p><p>In addition,
a project working group has been established involving NHS England, Diabetes UK and
other stakeholders which aims to develop a care pathway which, when adopted locally,
would help improve access to emotional and psychological support for people with diabetes.</p><p>
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