Physio First/OCPPP have been in negotiations with Bupa and all the other major insurers for many years. They have fought long and hard for us and do not deserve the comments that they are not doing anything. The difference here is that, as when Bupa first started the pilot contracts in the North East some years ago, the competition act effectively gagged them and the CSP. It does not mean that they have been doing nothing. What is also different about this scenario is that with sites like this and Icsp then physios have the opportunity to know what is going on and get active!
I spent 15 years on the committee for OCPPP, and believe me, the members of that committee work exceedingly hard - and are working physios just like the rest of us. This situation affects them as much as the rest of us and if there was a way round it they would have found it. Unfortunately it is now down to individual physio power. Let's go for it!