Qualifications of physios to treat on NHS

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What are the minimum qualifications a physio would need in the UK to treat a patient unsupervised?

The reason I ask is because my physio is hopeless and has not fixed any of the problems I am having with my knees. I have now resorted to paying for a podiatrist to try and get to the root of the problem. I am in the military so I dont really have a choice about who treats me.

I have been told that there are certain physios that can't work unsupervised in the NHS because of their qualifications. A friend has a partner who is a physio and has said that the physio we are being treated by is not qualified enough to treat people unsupervised. I just want to be able to be pain free but I am getting nowhere.

I have been prescribed orthotics so hopefully this will eventually fix 2.5yrs of knee pain without having to visit a physio who seems incapable of fixing things.

Kind regards

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