{"id":772,"date":"2013-03-11T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T10:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/health\/?p=772"},"modified":"2021-10-22T07:03:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T07:03:30","slug":"barnet-enfield-and-hillingdon-refer-less-than-3-of-depressed-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/health\/2013\/03\/11\/barnet-enfield-and-hillingdon-refer-less-than-3-of-depressed-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnet, Enfield and Hillingdon refer less than 4% of depressed patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enfield, Barnet and Hillingdon PCT\u2019s are the least likely primary care trusts to refer patients diagnosed with depression for therapy, a study has found.<\/p>\n

The findings comes in a report published by the London Civic Forum<\/a> who compared how many patients with depression were referred to psychological therapy in 2011-12 in London. It was based on data found on Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Enfield PCT referred just 2% of depressed patients while Barnet and Hillingdon PCT\u2019s referred a little over 3% each.<\/p>\n

This contrasts substantially with other PCT\u2019s in the capital. For example, Islington PCT referred almost a quarter of patients with depression for therapy.<\/p>\n

The findings will come as a concern to the Clinical Commissioning Groups who will be taking over from Enfield, Barnet and Hillingdon PCT\u2019s in less than a month.<\/p>\n

Both Ealing and Barnet PCT have around 40,000 patients each with depression \u2013 two of the highest in London.<\/p>\n

The study also found a correlation between PCT\u2019s that prescribed more anti-depressant drugs and referred fewer patients to therapy.<\/p>\n

The only two PCT\u2019s who bucked the trend were Havering and Kingston PCT\u2019s who prescribed a high number of anti-depressant drugs and referred a relatively high number of patients for therapy.<\/p>\n

But the study also pointed out that there was \u201chuge variation\u201d in the amount of anti-depressant drugs prescribed.<\/p>\n

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