Previous Talking Therapies Leadership & Innovation Forums
The Talking Therapies (TT) Forum is a longstanding and successful forum supported by the PPN North West. The planning and organisation of it is run by a small team and we are inviting people who would like to join us for our future planning meetings. If you have experience in TT and an interest in supporting the workforce to create a community of shared practice this may be for you. Express your interest via email to
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Access the agenda pdf here (175 KB) and view the recording here.
Title: document Welcome and Introduction to the Forum (813 KB)
Speaker: Dr Christina Fitzgerald (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for TT) and Dr Andrew Beck (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology)
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Speaker: Leanne Bird (Trainee Clinical Psychologist) and NW PPN EbE Steering Group
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Speaker: Hazel Bennett (Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Lead; Trafford NHS Talking Therapies Service)
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Speaker: Irini LauraVerbist (Research Associate; Talking Therapies Services), Dale Huey (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Strategic Lead for Primary Care Psychological Therapy Division GMMH and Clinical Lead for TT GM HSCP)
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Speaker: Dr Lora Capobianco (Assistant Research Director)
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Title: document Employment Advisors, National Perspective (481 KB)
Speaker: Kevin Jarman (Employment Advisers in NHS Talking Therapies Programme Lead)
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Title: document Employment Advisors, Regional Perspective (411 KB)
Speaker: Richard Thwaites (Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Accredited CB Psychotherapist) and Philip Salmon (Senior Employment Advisor for First Step)
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Title: document NICE Guidelines for Depression (4.31 MB)
Speaker: Ed Watkins (Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology)
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Title: document PWP Curriculum Update (1015 KB)
Speaker: Liz Kell (NW PPN Co-Chair, Principal Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, and PWP Course Lead)
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Title: Counselling Pilot ( document PowerPoint One (178 KB) , document PowerPoint Two (1.57 MB) )
Speaker: Toby Sweet (Chief Executive, Sunderland Counselling Service) and Mathew Oates (HEE Project Manager, National Mental Health Programme)
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Title: document Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Autism (1.53 MB)
Speaker: David Van de Velde (Regional Lead for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities & Autism Workforce)
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Title: Co-Chairs Concluding Remarks (Verbal Update)
Speaker: Dr Christina Fitzgerald (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for TT) and Dr Andrew Beck (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology)
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Access the agenda pdf here (163 KB) and view the recording here.
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Welcome and Introduction to the Forum
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Speaker: Dr Christina Fitzgerald (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for TT) and Dr Andrew Beck (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology)
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Title: Service User Perspective - Setting up an EbE Network
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Speaker: Clare Baguley (Psychological Professions Network Programme Manager), Alison Bryant (Expert by Experience Steering Group Member) and Hilary Tetlow (Expert by Experience Steering Group Member)
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Research Slot - Who Uses IAPT Services?
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Speaker: Dr Dale Huey (Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Strategic Lead for Primary Care Psychological Therapy Division GMMH and Clinical Lead for TT GM HSCP)
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Self Practice and Self Reflection - Developing Clinical Skills and Building Therapist Resilience
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Speaker: Dr Richard Thwaites (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CB Psychotherapist)
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Research Project - A small feasibility study to evaluate the impact of using trained group facilitators for self practice / self reflection groups during the training of high intensity therapists.
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Speaker: Nicola Walker (University Teacher on the Pg. Dip. CBT for Eating Disorders Programme, Clinical Psychology Unit / Department of Psychology)
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Title: National IAPT Team Update (Verbal Update)
Speaker: Professor David Clark (NHS England's Clinical Informatics Advisor for TT and Chair of Experimental Psychology) and Hayley Matthews (Programme Manager, TT)
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Wellbeing Practitioner Community of Practice Development
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Speaker: Liz Kell (NW PPN Co-Chair, Principal Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions and PWP Course Lead) and Elspeth Ward (Acting Deputy PWP Lead)
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Accreditation of PWPs
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Speaker: Dr Andrew Beck (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology)
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Title: Co-Chairs Concluding Remarks (Verbal Update)
Speaker: Dr Christina Fitzgerald (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for TT) and Dr Andrew Beck (Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Head of Clinical Psychology)
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Access the programme, slides and recordings from our Spring 2022 Joint North of England TT Leadership & Innovation Forum: ‘Building a Culture of Staff Wellbeing In TT’ on our microsite.
Access the programme, slides and recordings from our Spring 2021 Joint North of England TT Leadership & Innovation Forum: ‘IAPT, Covid-19 & Beyond’ on our microsite.
Access the Slido wordcloud feedback.
Presentations:
Title: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Speaker: Dr Paul Campbell, Chair of the North West TT Leadership & Innovation Forum
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Title: Health Education England IAPT Update
Speaker: Laura Dunaway, Mental Health Project Manager, North West, Health Education England
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Title: Opportunities and challenges facings BAME and faith communities in mental health
Speaker: Maqsood Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer, British Muslim Heritage Centre
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Title: The role of the Independent & Voluntary Sector in working with people from BAMER communities
Speakers: Alex Habens, BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist & Service Manager (Counselling and Therapy), 42nd Street, Reece Williams Young Black Men’s Engagement Worker (Film 42
Project), 42nd Street & Karina Nyananyo, Service Manager (Youth Work), 42nd Street
Contacts:
Title: Mental Health and BAMER Communities
Speaker: Jason Bromley, Senior Manager, Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind (TOG Mind),Abdul Shakoor, Community Development Lead, Tameside, Oldham and Glossop Mind
(TOG Mind) & Vicky Broadbent, Adults and Communities Director, Tameside, Oldham
and Glossop Mind (TOG Mind)
Contacts:
Title: Assistant Practitioners (APs) for IAPT – Widening Access Within the Workforce
Speaker: Kay Helliwell, Project Team Manager - Assistant Practitioners for Mental Health, Health Education England North
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Title: IAPT (2019) BAME Positive Practice Guide
Speakers: Michelle Brooks, Co-Author & Lecturer at the University of Derby
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Round Table Discussions
Presentations:
Title: HEE IAPT Commissioning Update
Speaker: Libby Sedgley, Regional Education Management Lead North, Health Education England
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Title: Perinatal Mental Health: The National Perspective
Speaker: Rebecca Burgess-Dawson, National Clinical Lead (Mental Health), Health Education England
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Title: North West Coast Strategic Clinical Network: Perinatal Mental Health & IAPT
Speakers: Dr James Boyes, Quality Improvement Programme Manager (Maternity & Perinatal Mental Health), Northwest Coast Strategic Clinical Network & Lisa McCormick, Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Perinatal Lead, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Title: IAPT and the Parent Infant Mental Health Pathway
Speaker: Donna Stanton, Specialist Mental Health Practitioner & GM PIMH IAPT Lead, Healthy Minds Stockport
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Title: Personality Disorder Co-morbidity in Primary Care IAPT Services: Qualitative Results and Recommendations for Practice
Speaker: Dr Gary Lamph, Senior Research Fellow – Mental Health, School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire
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Title: 42nd Street: Delivering a Young Person Centred IAPT Service
Speakers: Alex Habens, CBT Manager & Tess Gregson, Head of Business Operations, 42nd Street
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Title: Supporting an IAPT Pathway in a Sexual Violence Charity
Speaker: Chris Whitehead-Baines, Client Services Lead, Survivors Manchester
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Round Table Discussions
- Questions
- Notes
Presentations:
Title: Commissioning: Payment by Results – What does it mean for IAPT?
Speaker: Dr Paul Campbell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Greater Manchester & Eastern Cheshire Strategic Clinical Network
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Title: Clinical Innovation: IAPT Complex Cases Pathway
Speakers: Caroline Dugen-Williams, Head of Primary Care Psychological Therapies, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Sheena Aspil, Clinical Lead, Healthy Minds Oldham & Gary Flanagan, Senior Commissioning Business Partner – Mental Health, Learning Disability and Dementia
Contacts:
Title: Assistant Practitioners for IAPT Pilot Project – Midway Evaluation and Future Developments
Speaker: Andra Chiscop, Programme Support Manager – Workforce Transformation Greater Manchester, Health Education England
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Title: IAPT National Team Update
Speaker: Ursula James, National IAPT Clinical Delivery Manager, NHS England
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Title: IAPT Workforce Wellbeing
Speaker: Rebecca Minton, National IAPT Workforce Development and Wellbeing Manager, NHS England
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Title: HEE IAPT & PPN Update and IAPT Commissioning
Speakers: Clare Baguley, Programme Manager & Workforce Lead, North West Psychological Professions Network & Interim North of England Mental Health Lead, Health Education England and Libby Sedgley, Regional Education Management Lead North, Health Education England
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Round Table Discussion: Future Events and Joint Working across the North
Presentations:
Title: Opening Remarks & Closing Remarks
Speaker: Paul Campbell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Chair of the North West IAPT Leadership & Innovation Forum
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Title: Manchester Resilience Hub
Speaker: Dr Alan Barrett, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Title: The Accreditation Programme for Psychological Therapies Services (APPTS)
Speaker: Lucy Palmer, Senior Programme Manager, The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Title: Good Practice for IAPT Services and Launch of the IAPT Manual
Speaker: David Clark, National Clinical and Informatics Advisor for IAPT & Chair of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
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Title: Warrington IAPT Expansion – The Story So Far
Speakers: Rachel Plant, Service Manager, Mental Health Matters & Simon Hammond, Commissioning Manager, NHS Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group
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Title: Accelerating the Delivery of Psychological Therapies After Stroke (ADOPTS) : Developing a Psychological Care Pathway
Speaker: Liz Lightbody, Reader in Health Services Research, University of Central Lancashire
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Title: News Spot: Stepping Forward to 2020/21 - Mental Health Workforce Plan for England
Speaker: Clare Baguley, Programme Manager & Workforce Lead, Psychological Professions Network
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Presentations:
- Welcome and Opening Remarks - Philip Gooden, Service Manager (Chorley Public Sector Reform), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust & Chair of the North West IAPT Leadership & Innovation Forum
- IAPT National Programme Update - Ursula James, IAPT Programme Manager, NHS England
- Implementing an Outcomes-Based Payment Approach for IAPT - Sue Nowak, Head of Pricing Development, Pricing Team, Strategic Finance, NHS England & Robert Finnin, Project Manager, Clinical Policy & Mental Health Strategy Group, NHS England
- The PWP Apprenticeship - Trailblazer Update - Liz Kell, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire & Chair of the North West PWP Professional Network
- Opportunities for Health Psychology in IAPT - Lucie Byrne-Davis, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester & Joanne Hart, Reader, University of Manchester
- The Role of the Trainee/Assistant Practitioner (TAP/AP): The North West Perspective Update from 2016 - Paul Barber & Andy Morris, Work Based Education Facilitators, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
- Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship - Martina Kirlew, Programme Lead, University of Bolton
- The Experience of the Trainee Assistant Practitioner Role from Healthy Minds Bury - Romanah Beg, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Healthy Minds Bury
- The Experience of the Trainee Assistant Practitioner Role from Six Degrees Social Enterprise - Video testimonials from Greg Dove and Martyna Swieczkowska, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners & Jenny Roche, Trainee Assistant Practitioner
Presentations:
- The Five Year Forward View - Building a Sustainable IAPT Workforce - Felicity Dormon, National IAPT Programme Lead, NHS England
- Enhancing Recovery and Expanding IAPT to Improve our Services for People who also have Long-Term Physical Health Problems - David Clark, National Clinical & Informatics Advisor for IAPT, NHS England
- The Challenges and Opportunities of IAPT for the Third Sector - Duncan Craig, Chief Executive Officer, Survivors Manchester
- Service User Involvement – How Do We Develop a Network for IAPT Service Users - Chris Essen, Service User & Carer Involvement Facilitator, Comensus
Presentations:
- IAPT Update – Workforce, Education & Key Priorities - Clare Baguley, Programme Manager, Psychological Professions Network, Health Education England North West Team
- Leadership vs Management - Richard Barnard, Deputy Clinical Director Psychological Services, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
Papers (courtesy of Phoenix Consultancy):
Other papers:
Presentations:
- Transforming Workforce Planning - Mike Burgess, Head of Workforce Strategy and Planning, Health Education England – North West Local Team
- The Role of The Trainee/Assistant Practitioner (TAP/AP) - The North West Perspective - Andy Morris, Work-based Education Facilitator, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
- IAPT Research and Innovation - Dr Janine Archer, PPN and IAPT PRN North West Lead, The University of Manchester
- Using Flo as an Interactive Information Tool - Chris Pimlott, Service Manager, Healthy Minds and Access and RAID Service Tameside and Glossop & Katie Kay, Project Manager, Healthy Minds Tameside and Glossop
- Choice In Psychological Therapy - Wendy Saint, Clinical Lead, Healthy Minds Bury & Zubeida Ali, Professional Lead for Counselling, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Presentations:
- Public Mental Health - Leadership & Workforce Development Framework
- 'Devo Manc' - What does this mean for Mental Health & IAPT
- PWP Curriculum Review - What Does it Mean for You?
- Choice in Psychological Therapy
- Couple Therapy for Depression
- Northern IAPT Practice Research Network (PRN) & North West Developments
- NW-HEE Update
Presentations:
- Psychological Professions Network & NW-HEE Update
- Report from Senior PWP Meeting
- Psychological Therapies for Deaf People
- The Northern IAPT Practice Research Network
- NHS Plan - What it means for IAPT and Commissioning of Psychological Services
- Supporting Future Commissioning of Children's and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Services (IAPT)
Presentations:
- Common factors from National Support Team visits to IAPT Services
- Data Systems & the Realities of the PWP
- IAPT Minimum Data Set Version 1.5 Changes
- Introduction to Strategic Clinical Networks
- Making Self Referrals Work
- Making Sense of Clinical Aspects of IAPT Services
- Regional Data Packs
- What makes a good, fast meeting prevalence in Budget Service
