Publication, Part of NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors
NHS Talking Therapies Monthly Statistics Including Employment Advisors, Performance March 2026 and Quarter 4 2025/26 data
Official statistics
Guidance on the recording of Internet Enabled Therapies (IETs) changed in January 2026 and therefore may impact the results of measures relating to IETs.
Please see IAPT 2.1 Digital enabled Therapy Guidance for the latest guidance.
For more information on the measures impacted please see the NHS Talking Therapies Metadata document.
1 January 2026 00:00 AM
Summary
This statistical release makes available the most recent NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression monthly data, including activity, waiting times, and outcomes such as recovery.
NHS Talking Therapies is run by the NHS in England and offers NICE-approved therapies for treating people with depression or anxiety. This release also includes statistics about NHS Talking Therapies employment advisor services.
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Highlights
Considerations, caveats and known issues relating to individual measures published in this series can be found in the NHS Talking Therapies Metadata document.
Details of all known data quality issues that impact this publication series can be found in the NHS Talking Therapies data quality note document.
Click here to access the metadata and data quality note document
Key Facts
In March 2026:
163,100 referrals to NHS Talking Therapies
88.3% of referrals accessed NHS Talking Therapies within 6 weeks
96,682 referrals accessed NHS Talking Therapies
8.6 sessions of treatment on average per referral
57,590 referrals completed a course of treatment
48.4% of referrals reliably recovered
68.7% of referrals finishing a course of treatment showed reliable improvement
16,681 Internet Enabled Therapy sessions took place
24,884 referrals received their first integrated care contact
6,903 referrals attended an initial employment support appointment
Interactive Dashboard Quarter 4 2025/26
Please note that these numbers reflect activity in the month and are not all based on the same group of referrals.
The proportion of referrals starting treatment within 6 weeks, mean treatment session, reliable recovery rate, and the reliable improvement rate are based on referrals completing a course of NHS Talking Therapies treatment in the month.
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Last edited: 14 May 2026 9:37 am