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NICE anxiety guideline campaign

Despite NHS Talking Therapies receiving almost half a million presenting complaints of either anxiety or stress related disorders in 2022-23, less than half of people that access treatment via NHS Talking Therapies reliably recover from their presenting issue. With rates of anxiety rising across the UK, it is crucial that NHS mental health services deliver timely, high-quality care to every person in need of support.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) creates recommendations for care in the NHS. The NICE guideline for generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults was initially published in 2011 and has not been meaningfully updated since.

The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is spearheading a campaign calling for an urgent and comprehensive update to the NICE anxiety guideline. For more information about the campaign and its key asks, you can go to UKCP's website.

As part of the campaign, we collected signatures on a joint statement from over 30 organisations across the mental health sector, including Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and the Centre for Mental Health.

For the next step of our campaign, we are asking MPs to sign a joint cross-party letter supporting our key asks to NICE. To help urge MPs to sign the letter, we are asking anyone interested to write to their local MP asking for them to sign our joint letter. You can input your postcode and follow the steps below to find your MP and easily send an email to your MP about the campaign.

To begin, use the search tool below, input your postcode and find the MP that represents your constituency.