The IAPT-LTC pathway full implementation guidance was recently published (see below) to support national roll-out of 'IAPT-LTC' (which encompasses MUS). As IAPT-employment adviser cross-referral may be of increasing relevance (due to roll out of IAPT-LTC and inclusion of CFS under MUS in the full implementation guidance for IAPT-LTC pathway), I've posted up some background on the pilots on employment advisers in IAPT below. Bolding throughout is mine.
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An employment adviser in IAPT pilot ran from April 2009 to March 2011 in an initial 11 areas in England with subsequent sites in Wales and Scotland:
"..with the aim of testing the added value of providing employment advice as well as psychological therapy to employed IAPT clients to help them remain at work or return to work if on sick leave."
The full pilot evaluation and a 4 page summary report can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ss-to-psychological-therapies-programme-rr826
From the summary report, on information-sharing with patients' employers:
p.3 "EAs developed action plans with clients to address their needs including confidence building, seeing the situation from a new perspective, advice on employment rights, and CV/ interviewing skills. Some EAs highlighted the necessity, in most instances, of contact with the employer either by the client and/or by the adviser. Clients felt that where this had happened, it had been effective in helping resolve problems."
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A further pilot is currently in place increasing the number of employment advisers embedded in IAPT services to a 1:8 EA to therapist ratio, and in addition to the data specified in the standard data set for IAPT, and technical output specification for IAPT LTC/MUS, additional information is flowed for these pilot sites relating to employment status. This information includes whether the individual is claiming ESA/UC/PIP/jobseekers allowance.
"NHS Digital collects national service data to produce a number of data sets. The Systems and Service Delivery (SSD) team within NHS Digital host the Bureau Service Portal, a facility that allows centralised collection and processing of service data."
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-sets-bureau-service-portal
EA wave 1 sites have been underway from last year with the first data submission window starting 6 October 2017. Target date for recruitment of EAs in wave 2 sites is June 2018.
Direction from the Joint Work and Health Unit, (which is taking the current EA pilot forward) to NHS Digital to:
"..establish and operate an informatics system for the collection and analysis of work data to support patient care and the evaluation of the initiative Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)."
https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7846/Employment-advisers-in-IAPT-Direction-2017-
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EA in IAPT pilot data set - technical output specification:
[Xlsx] https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36512/...Pilot_Data_Set_Technical_Output_Specification
LTC/MUS IAPT pilot data set - technical output specification:
[Xlxs]
https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36515/...ion/xls/IAPT_Data_Set_LTC_Pilot_Specification
These specifications and documents (including technical output specification) on the v1.5 IAPT standard data set can be found here:
https://digital.nhs.uk/Improving-Access-to-Psychological-Therapies-Data-Set
"Following the commencement of data collection for the new EA and LTC pilots, a single IDB has now been made available which will hold any combination of v1.5, EA and LTC data."
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Report on Employment Adviser IAPT services pilot - Executive Summary, December 2017:
p.6 "In addition to this routine collection, which is mandatory for NHS IAPT services across England, services taking part in the EA pilot will collect additional information at each patient contact7. This extra information includes details about the patient’s employment status and can be used to compare outcomes for patients in work, on a long-term absence, and not in work."
p.6 "These additional items are being collected by the pilot IAPT service providers from approximately 40 per cent of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England. Pilot services have been selected to be a representative sample of IAPT CCGs across England."
p.7 "Initial reporting will focus on key data quality measures to inform users and services of how well the necessary information is recorded and submitted to NHS Digital."
[PDF] https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36814/...er-2017/default/iapt-ea-rep-dec-2017-exec-sum
Reports are available for Nov 2017 and October 2017:
https://digital.nhs.uk/Monthly-Improving-Access-to-Psychological-Therapies-IAPT-reports
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Potentially sensitive information is generated in IAPT appointments, including outcome measures for the Chalder Fatigue Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 for CFS patients who may be referred for MUS (from the full guidance for IAPT-LTC pathway).
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/workinpsy...arepathways/improvingaccess.aspx?theme=mobile
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The content of patient consents for EA->IAPT / IAPT->EA referral and data-sharing is unclear. From reading, consents are probably drafted at a regional level.
From 'public service provider' Reed in Partnership's IAPT Toolkit:
http://www.reedinpartnership.co.uk/latest-news/iapt-toolkit?isarchivenews=true
"5. Cross Referrals
"Objective: Establish a clear process for cross-referrals between the IAPT and employment support services.
Method: The thresholds for referral and the referral route agreed at outset of the partnership between IAPT and employment support provider.
"A reliable cross-referral system is an essential element of the close working relationship between the IAPT and the employment service. This requires client consent, especially when sensitive information is sent.
"The employment service will refer participants to IAPT if the referral threshold is met and advisers believe that the service is likely to improve the client’s mental health. IAPT will refer to the employment service if they believe that their mental health will be improved by entering work or training."
Further on information sharing between IAPT and EA fron the Reed Toolkit:
"6. Case conferencing to close the loop between services
" Objective: Ensure that information about patients/participants engaged in both
IAPT and employment support services is shared between both functions to improve holistic support delivered.
Method: Regular contact between Employment Advisers and IAPT clinicians to discuss individual cases.
"During the referral process the service (IAPT or employment) will explain the benefit of case conferencing to the participant. At the first meeting after referral the employment service will seek signed consent from the participant to discuss their case with the IAPT service and the participant will be asked for contact details of their clinician."
Further:
"8. Evaluation and measuring impact
"The Work and Social Adjustment Scale can be used as a distance travelled measure. It is already used by IAPT services and is a useful tool to link with employment services as it is a good indicator of someone’s readiness to adjust to work."
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Further: limited information that a GP surgery in Boston and in Lincoln may refer directly to EAs:
[PDF:] https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246...ples.pdf/ec368015-a4fb-4768-8aa0-962acabd41d9
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An employment adviser in IAPT pilot ran from April 2009 to March 2011 in an initial 11 areas in England with subsequent sites in Wales and Scotland:
"..with the aim of testing the added value of providing employment advice as well as psychological therapy to employed IAPT clients to help them remain at work or return to work if on sick leave."
The full pilot evaluation and a 4 page summary report can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ss-to-psychological-therapies-programme-rr826
From the summary report, on information-sharing with patients' employers:
p.3 "EAs developed action plans with clients to address their needs including confidence building, seeing the situation from a new perspective, advice on employment rights, and CV/ interviewing skills. Some EAs highlighted the necessity, in most instances, of contact with the employer either by the client and/or by the adviser. Clients felt that where this had happened, it had been effective in helping resolve problems."
___
A further pilot is currently in place increasing the number of employment advisers embedded in IAPT services to a 1:8 EA to therapist ratio, and in addition to the data specified in the standard data set for IAPT, and technical output specification for IAPT LTC/MUS, additional information is flowed for these pilot sites relating to employment status. This information includes whether the individual is claiming ESA/UC/PIP/jobseekers allowance.
"NHS Digital collects national service data to produce a number of data sets. The Systems and Service Delivery (SSD) team within NHS Digital host the Bureau Service Portal, a facility that allows centralised collection and processing of service data."
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-sets-bureau-service-portal
EA wave 1 sites have been underway from last year with the first data submission window starting 6 October 2017. Target date for recruitment of EAs in wave 2 sites is June 2018.
Direction from the Joint Work and Health Unit, (which is taking the current EA pilot forward) to NHS Digital to:
"..establish and operate an informatics system for the collection and analysis of work data to support patient care and the evaluation of the initiative Employment Advisers in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)."
https://digital.nhs.uk/article/7846/Employment-advisers-in-IAPT-Direction-2017-
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EA in IAPT pilot data set - technical output specification:
[Xlsx] https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36512/...Pilot_Data_Set_Technical_Output_Specification
LTC/MUS IAPT pilot data set - technical output specification:
[Xlxs]
https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36515/...ion/xls/IAPT_Data_Set_LTC_Pilot_Specification
These specifications and documents (including technical output specification) on the v1.5 IAPT standard data set can be found here:
https://digital.nhs.uk/Improving-Access-to-Psychological-Therapies-Data-Set
"Following the commencement of data collection for the new EA and LTC pilots, a single IDB has now been made available which will hold any combination of v1.5, EA and LTC data."
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Report on Employment Adviser IAPT services pilot - Executive Summary, December 2017:
p.6 "In addition to this routine collection, which is mandatory for NHS IAPT services across England, services taking part in the EA pilot will collect additional information at each patient contact7. This extra information includes details about the patient’s employment status and can be used to compare outcomes for patients in work, on a long-term absence, and not in work."
p.6 "These additional items are being collected by the pilot IAPT service providers from approximately 40 per cent of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England. Pilot services have been selected to be a representative sample of IAPT CCGs across England."
p.7 "Initial reporting will focus on key data quality measures to inform users and services of how well the necessary information is recorded and submitted to NHS Digital."
[PDF] https://digital.nhs.uk/media/36814/...er-2017/default/iapt-ea-rep-dec-2017-exec-sum
Reports are available for Nov 2017 and October 2017:
https://digital.nhs.uk/Monthly-Improving-Access-to-Psychological-Therapies-IAPT-reports
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Potentially sensitive information is generated in IAPT appointments, including outcome measures for the Chalder Fatigue Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 for CFS patients who may be referred for MUS (from the full guidance for IAPT-LTC pathway).
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/workinpsy...arepathways/improvingaccess.aspx?theme=mobile
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The content of patient consents for EA->IAPT / IAPT->EA referral and data-sharing is unclear. From reading, consents are probably drafted at a regional level.
From 'public service provider' Reed in Partnership's IAPT Toolkit:
http://www.reedinpartnership.co.uk/latest-news/iapt-toolkit?isarchivenews=true
"5. Cross Referrals
"Objective: Establish a clear process for cross-referrals between the IAPT and employment support services.
Method: The thresholds for referral and the referral route agreed at outset of the partnership between IAPT and employment support provider.
"A reliable cross-referral system is an essential element of the close working relationship between the IAPT and the employment service. This requires client consent, especially when sensitive information is sent.
"The employment service will refer participants to IAPT if the referral threshold is met and advisers believe that the service is likely to improve the client’s mental health. IAPT will refer to the employment service if they believe that their mental health will be improved by entering work or training."
Further on information sharing between IAPT and EA fron the Reed Toolkit:
"6. Case conferencing to close the loop between services
" Objective: Ensure that information about patients/participants engaged in both
IAPT and employment support services is shared between both functions to improve holistic support delivered.
Method: Regular contact between Employment Advisers and IAPT clinicians to discuss individual cases.
"During the referral process the service (IAPT or employment) will explain the benefit of case conferencing to the participant. At the first meeting after referral the employment service will seek signed consent from the participant to discuss their case with the IAPT service and the participant will be asked for contact details of their clinician."
Further:
"8. Evaluation and measuring impact
"The Work and Social Adjustment Scale can be used as a distance travelled measure. It is already used by IAPT services and is a useful tool to link with employment services as it is a good indicator of someone’s readiness to adjust to work."
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Further: limited information that a GP surgery in Boston and in Lincoln may refer directly to EAs:
[PDF:] https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/246...ples.pdf/ec368015-a4fb-4768-8aa0-962acabd41d9
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