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IAPT under the microscope David F Marks Published July 14, 2018 Editorial JHP
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Hopefully this is the beginning of a conversation which should extend to properly examining IAPT and how detrimental it might be to people with LTCs such as those with ME. As Marks says:
"The recent expansion to LTC and MUS is causing experts and patients concerns about the diagnostic coding being used in referring patients into IAPT and the motives for doing so. In the present climate of austerity, the last thing the NHS needs is to replicate the ‘hostile environment’ that has applied in recent Home Office policies. A service based on the promise of savings by taking people off benefits is a political hot potato. There is an urgent need for an independent review of IAPT by impartial experts."
"The recent expansion to LTC and MUS is causing experts and patients concerns about the diagnostic coding being used in referring patients into IAPT and the motives for doing so. In the present climate of austerity, the last thing the NHS needs is to replicate the ‘hostile environment’ that has applied in recent Home Office policies. A service based on the promise of savings by taking people off benefits is a political hot potato. There is an urgent need for an independent review of IAPT by impartial experts."
It's not just the UK that needs to worry about MUS and IAPT initiatives.
Allan Abbass seems to have connections with the 'Tavistock' (Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust) that promotes MUS and IAPT in the UK - https://forums.phoenixrising.me/ind...e-whats-happening-across-the-uk.48710/page-20 - 392 - and he is busy developing a plan for MUS in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/mainstreet-ns/episode/15548710 although he appears to favour ISTDP over CBT.
IAPT has already reached Australia with 'NewAccess' https://iaptus.co.uk/2016/07/newaccess-the-rollout-of-an-australian-iapt/2016/ and the IAPT@Flinders Service - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699191
Allan Abbass seems to have connections with the 'Tavistock' (Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust) that promotes MUS and IAPT in the UK - https://forums.phoenixrising.me/ind...e-whats-happening-across-the-uk.48710/page-20 - 392 - and he is busy developing a plan for MUS in Canada http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/mainstreet-ns/episode/15548710 although he appears to favour ISTDP over CBT.
IAPT has already reached Australia with 'NewAccess' https://iaptus.co.uk/2016/07/newaccess-the-rollout-of-an-australian-iapt/2016/ and the IAPT@Flinders Service - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699191