Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals there were to NHS psychological therapies services in (a) January 2020, (b) February 2020, (c) March 2020, (d) April 2020, (e) May 2020, (f) June 2020, (g) July 2020, (h) August 2020, (i) September 2020, (j) October 2020, (k) November 2020, (l) December 2020 and (m) January 2021.
The following table shows the number of referrals received by NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services in each month from January to October 2020. Data for November 2020 to January 2021 is not yet available.
Month | Referrals received |
January 2020 | 163,182 |
February 2020 | 149,713 |
March 2020 | 108,330 |
April 2020 | 57,814 |
May 2020 | 78,544 |
June 2020 | 111,752 |
July 2020 | 128,988 |
August 2020 | 116,102 |
September 2020 | 132,237 |
October 2020 | 135,566 |
Source: NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Dataset, NHS Digital