Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
The NHS Partnership Trust provides a range of services and support across the whole of Coventry and Warwickshire for people with mental health issues, learning disabilities and substance misuse problems.
Staff are based in Coventry, Rugby, North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire.
The Trust has professionally trained staff to offer a range of psychological therapies and aims to provides support closer to home and tailored to meet the specific needs of people.
One example of this is a new health service which has helped 12,000 people across both counties take steps towards a healthier mindset, in its first year of operation.
The new Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) service is designed to help people feeling stressed, anxious or low in mood. Launched in October 2009, it is part of a new pioneering project funded by the government and is run jointly with Coventry and Warwickshire MIND.
IAPT offers what is known as ‘talking therapies’ for people who suffer from common mental health problems in a way that is easy to access, closely linked to other services in the area, and close to people’s homes.
Anyone can get access to the new service by calling 0845 521 6100, or visit www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk
It has recently produce online “talking therapies” as support for people who experience excessive worry, have negative thoughts or panic in certain situations.
To listen to the audio content online, please visit www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/iapt