NHS Barnsley CCG: Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)

Descriptions

The vision for Barnsley is for the borough to have an IAPT service with exemplary delivery characterized by a warm, person-centred approach tailored to the needs of the individuals and staff who exude passion for making a difference to the people they serve and to constantly develop the service.Upholding the principles of service delivery developed within the Virginia Mason Institute of continuous improvement we expect the utilization of agile and lean approaches with effective performance leadership to maximize client facing time of all practitioners and preventing waits for access to the service developing, noting service responsibility to ensure wrap around support if a wait is incurred. We would also anticipate the prioritization of relationship building with Primary Care Clinicians, particularly through the evolving neighbourhoods.The intention is to significantly improve the mental health and wellbeing of the residents of the borough.