Table 2.
Timeline of key achievements for the PRN and stress control study in the first 2 years
| Date | PRN infrastructure and organization | Stress control (SC) study |
|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | The initial PRN set up meeting for the Northern IAPT PRN | |
| Representatives of 9 IAPT services and 3 universities attended | ||
| Decision to focus on 2 projects: (1) Stress control (SC); and (2) Transdiagnostic seminars (TS) | ||
| October 2014 | Research grant secured for SC study | |
| November 2014 | Northern IAPT PRN website launched: http://www.iaptprn.com | The initial project team meeting for the SC study Briefing paper produced to update collaborating services about SC study |
| January 2015 | Presentation about Northern IAPT PRN delivered at the IAPT North West Leadership and Innovation Forum, Preston | Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) form prepared to apply for NHS ethical approval |
| February 2015 | NHS Research Ethics approval obtained within 3 weeks of the application | |
| March 2015 | The Debate webpage launched to promote public discussion about current IAPT policy and practice. http://www.iaptprn.com/debate
Twitter account set up: @iapt_prn |
Completed scoping questionnaires requested from participating services |
| April 2015 | Information sharing agreement provided, to be signed by the relevant individual in each organization Principal Investigators at each research site asked to liaise with local IAPT service data leads and their R&D departments Formal request for data from each service in Microsoft Excel compatible format on all cases that had contact with the IAPT service and were discharged between 01/01/2013 and 01/01/2015 |
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| May 2015 | The public survey results made available on website for first Debate article on topic of commissioning models for IAPT services New article and survey published covering topic of insufficient supply and rapid turnover of the Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) workforce Annual PRN meeting held 28th May. Representatives from 7 IAPT services and 4 universities attended to discuss future research priorities |
R&D management approvals received from eight organizations providing IAPT services for permission to host the study Information sharing agreement provided by services Datasets provided over the next 2 months |
| June 2015 | The PRN website received >1700 unique visitors in past 6 months Site attracted approx. 500 new users since the launch of the Debate webpage The Debate webpage redesigned including a ‘blog’ feature to allow open comments about the article topics |
Datasets received from five IAPT services provided by four NHS Trusts |
| August 2015 | New Debate article published covering topic of professional registration of Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWP) workforce Public survey results for the first Debate article published online |
Data aggregation and cleaning Initial descriptive analysis |
| September 2015 | PRN promoted in Therapy Today (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) and CBT Today (Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy) Public survey results for the second Debate article published online |
Presentation of initial results at meeting of SC collaborators Agreed plans for publications on SC project Identified specific grant capture and associated application |
| November 2015 | New Debate article and survey published discussing the relationship between poverty and mental healthcare Public survey results for the third Debate article published online |
Concluded and disseminated a study outcomes report for funders and collaborating services Submitted study manuscript for peer review in a scientific journal, with author list including academic and clinical members of the PRN |
| February 2016 | Public survey results for the third Debate article published online | Consultation with a group of patients who accessed stress control interventions in participating IAPT services Developed a summary of patients’ perspectives and recommendations in relation to stress control interventions delivered in routine care |
| June 2016 | Annual Northern IAPT PRN meeting held at the University of Manchester | Findings of the stress control study presented at the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) annual conference Findings discussed and future recommendations for routine clinical services co-produced at the annual Northern IAPT PRN meeting |
| July 2016 | Public survey results for the fourth Debate article published online | |
| September 2016 | Stress control research manuscript accepted for publication in scientific journal Behavior Research and Therapy, doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2016.09.010 | |
| October 2016 | Recommendations for routine IAPT services delivering stress control interventions published in the PRN website, promoted by social media channels and disseminated to all member organizations |