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Talking therapies contracts

UK public sector · 68 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
68
Last 12 months
Median contract
£330k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£401m
57 of 65 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
39
Suppliers
48

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most talking therapies contracts took 29% of them (20 of 68).
  • The median contract, £330k, is 3.1 times the median across healthcare contracts (£106k).
  • London had the most contracts: 15, or 22% of the total.

Who buys talking therapies

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1NHS Essex Integrated Care Board5 contracts
  2. 2NHS North West London ICB5 contracts
  3. 3NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB4 contracts
  4. 4South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust4 contracts
  5. 5NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board3 contracts
  6. 6Department of Health and Social Care3 contracts
  7. 7Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust3 contracts
  8. 8NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board2 contracts
  9. 9Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  10. 10Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts

Top talking therapies contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1SignHealth7 contracts
  2. 2Dr Julian Medical Group Ltd4 contracts
  3. 3Mental Health Matters3 contracts
  4. 4PAM Group3 contracts
  5. 5Xyla3 contracts
  6. 6Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  7. 7Leger Therapy Services Ltd2 contracts
  8. 8NAFSIYAT2 contracts
  9. 9Mind in Enfield and Barnet2 contracts
  10. 10LCH1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

12Q4 2025*30Q1 202614Q2 202612Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 65 · Scotland 2 · Wales 1

London15East of England13North East9Yorkshire and The Humber5West Midlands5North West4East Midlands3South West3South East2Wales1Scotland1UK-wide or not stated7

What is included

Stepped-care psychological therapies and counselling for adults with common mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and stress, including NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) contracts and step 2 to 3+ capacity, computerised CBT, and adult counselling commissioned by councils and hospitals.

  • NHS Talking Therapies (IAPT) step 2, 3 and 3+ services
  • Psychotherapy and counselling assessments for IAPT
  • Computerised CBT delivered as a therapy service
  • Adult counselling for mild to moderate anxiety and stress
  • Hospital patient counselling services
  • Employment advisers embedded in NHS Talking Therapies
  • Trauma-informed therapy for adults with mental ill health
  • Veterans' mental health and trauma therapy services

What is not included

  • Counselling for children and young people (hlt.mh.cyp-emotional-wellbeing-counselling)
  • Counselling for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence (soc.abuse.community-outreach-and-idva, soc.abuse.sexual-violence-support-and-isva)
  • Staff counselling and EAP bought by an employer (rec.occh.employee-assistance-programme, rec.occh.staff-counselling)
  • Self-help apps and digital therapy platforms bought as software (it.lob.digital-mental-health-platform)
  • Talking Therapies case management software (it.lob.talking-therapies-case-management)

Often bought by the same buyers