Digital Health September 19, 2024
Tammy Lovell

  • Recommended digital therapies for mental health conditions could free up thousands of NHS therapists’ hours, according to NICE
  • It said that demand for NHS talking therapies has reached “an all-time high”
  • Using digital therapies could save almost 2,500 therapist hours per 1,000 people for social anxiety disorders, evidence shows

Recommended digital therapies for mental health conditions could free up thousands of NHS therapists’ hours, according to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

In a press release, published on 19 September 2024, NICE said that demand for NHS talking therapies has reached “an all-time high”, with 1.82 million referrals in 2023/24, compared to 884,000 in 2012/13.

There are seven digitally enabled therapies recommended by NICE to...

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