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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 Cenre for Mental Health published ‘The Improving Access
to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Pathway for People with Long-term Physical Health
Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms’.</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>
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