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Similarly, NHS England’s MHTR Service told us that they provide “treatment and interventions for individuals who present with a range of low/medium level mental health issues, neurodiversity, personality disorders, trauma, and abuse” through primary care, and that Integrated Care Boards can commission secondary care “for those who require specialist care”. 127 For instance, our witness, Caroline, was sentenced to mental health treatment which “involved 12 sessions of emotional regulation treatment” followed by the “Thinking Skills Programme”. 128 Academics from the University of Northampton told us: “80% of individuals who complete the Primary Care MHTR intervention experience a statistically significant benefit in terms of mental distress, anxiety and/or depression.” 129