BAME patients have poorer access and outcomes from NHS talking therapies but can hugely improve with better access

A review of 10 years of anonymised patient data has found that historically, people from Black and minoritised ethnic backgrounds have experienced poorer access to, and outcomes from, NHS talking therapies. It finds that poor outcomes can be tackled and even disappear when access is improved and culturally sensitive therapy is provided.

Ethnic Inequalities in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) (nhsrho.org)

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