Quote Originally Posted by Bupabear View Post
Maybe we should let the press know that Bupa patients are going to possibly be seeing less experienced physios, for less time and in less pleasant surroundings!
Here here on that one. I think the press would like to know a lot about BUPA's new reg's. Firstly, that their clients don't get their choice of practitioner, merely BUPA's choice of the cheepest tenders, second that they are working against the European laws on age descrimination by preventing people with less than 5 yrs experience (without any clinical basis) work on their clients. Thirdly that some of the NHS backlash for no jobs is due to the private arena not taking anyone less than 5 yrs post graduation and therefore no open job opportunites are appearing in the NHS.

And the list goes on. They are even restricting trade by charging £53 per half hr appointment at their BUPA wellness clinics (one around the corner from mine) but they insist I can only charge £45.

I back a total boycott of the tender process and we tell clients that we DO NOT see BUPA members. Let's hit them where it hurts, their membership, and get their patients to walk elsewhere.