# AQP Primary Care Psychological Therapies \(PCPT\) Service/Improving Access to Psychological Therapies

> A sourced UK public-sector contract award published by NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS ARDEN AND GREATER EAST MIDLANDS COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT](/buyers/nhs-arden-and-greater-east-midlands-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Award value: £0
- Award date: 1 April 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 1 April 2016
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ab9c6876-6194-495b-8556-b5d1cdc09dc5-95865
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a1744759-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The Primary Care Psychological Therapies \(PCPT\) service will be a community based service, building firmly on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies \(IAPT\) programme \(http://www\.iapt\.nhs\.uk/\)\. It will offer a range of evidence based psychological interventions including NICE approved/recommended psychological therapies in line with relevant clinical guidance; associated with improved service user outcomes and recovery rates\. The Primary Care Psychological Therapies service will deliver a Step 2, Step 3 and ‘Step 3 Plus’ model where time limited, psychological therapies is likely to have a positive outcome for the individual\. The diagnostic groups likely to benefit from PCPT approaches include the following: Traditional IAPT services: • Depression \(including antenatal and postnatal\) • Generalised anxiety disorder • Mixed depression and anxiety • Panic disorder • Obsessive-compulsive disorder • Health anxiety \(Hypochondriasis\) • Post-traumatic stress disorder • Phobias \(including social anxiety disorder & social phobias\) IAPT ‘Plus’ services: Adjustment disorders Anger management Mild learning disability or cognitive impairment Personality disorder \(not severe\) Other comorbid mental health conditions \(e\.g\. non-acute or stable psychosis\) Eating disorders \(mild-to-moderate\) Depression or anxiety in adults with a chronic physical health problem \(long term condition\)or medically unexplained symptoms \(Note: where anxiety or depression-related symptomatology is present and where PCPT services are likely to have a positive outcome for the patient\) Additional information: AQP contracts are let on a zero value, zero volume basis and the tariff is set by the Commissioner\. This Contract Award Notice is on behalf of the following NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups:- Hardwick CCG North Derbyshire CCG Erewash CCG Southern Derbyshire CCG Nottingham North & East CCG Newark and Sherwood CCG Mansfield & Ashfield CCG Nottingham West CCG Nottingham City CCG Rushcliffe CCG

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ab9c6876-6194-495b-8556-b5d1cdc09dc5-95865)