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Barnabas Bulle n
PPG Awareness Ealing Improving Access to Psychological
Week Therapies (IAPT) Service
Local Services Ealing IAPT provides free workshops, talking therapies, and
Directory Launch online courses for people aged 18 years and over who are
registered with a GP in the borough and who have depression,
anxiety condi ons, or phobias. You can be referred to Ealing
During this year’s PPG IAPT by your GP, or you can self-refer.
Awareness Week, 10-15
June, our PPG will be The main therapy used for anxiety and depression is cogni ve
launching their new Local behavioural therapy (CBT), which can help you manage your
Services Directory. This problems by changing the way you think and behave. Also
directory is aimed at available are behavioural couples therapy (BCT), counselling,
helping pa ents who are interpersonal therapy (IPT), dynamic interpersonal therapy
new to the area (and long- (DIT) and eye-movement desensi sa on reprocessing therapy
me residents too!) find a (EMDR).
range of nearby health, Most of IAPT’s pa ents a"end one of the CBT courses or
care and other useful groups, or receive guided self-help. There is also an interac ve
facili es – for example: online therapy programme, designed to provide pa ents with a
hospitals, pharmacies, flexible way of accessing psychological support.
den sts, banks, charity
shops. There is a lot more informa on about the services offered
online at h!p://www.ealingiapt.nhs.uk/.
An entry in the Directory is
not a recommenda on but [Note: IAPT do not treat major mental illness, acute mental
informa on on where health crisis, substance abuse, or addic on.]
facili es are located. As
always users of the
Directory must asses the NHS App
suitability of a service for
their needs.
The smartphone NHS App has recently been opened up to
Copies of the printed Barnabas’ pa ents. The app provides a simple and secure way
Directory will be available for people to access a range of NHS services on their
in the wai ng area and smartphone or tablet. The app can be downloaded from the
pinned to the Apple Store or Google Play.
no ceboards.
Once installed, registra on is a horribly convoluted security
PPG members will also be process (does it need to be this bad!), but once completed, you
present in the wai ng area can use the NHS App to:
to talk to pa ents at • check your symptoms
various mes during PPG • find out what to do when you need help urgently
Awareness Week. • book and manage appointments at your GP surgery
• order repeat prescrip ons
• securely view your GP medical record
• register to be an organ donor
• choose how the NHS uses your data
There is more informa on online at h!ps://www.nhs.uk/using-
the-nhs/nhs-services/the-nhs-app/.
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