I tend to partly agree with the above comments. However in a democracy the way to change things is to get the public on side. The government will bend to the wants of the people. We should not be spending more time lobbying government than we do promoting the profession to the public. Research is useful, but again that has been primarily done to feed the needs and wants of the insurance companies and the government. The reality is that is it a stalling process to coral us into something they can later decide to back or withdraw support from. Don't be mistaken.

The way to improve the physiotherapy profession at large is to promote it's benefits to the public. The public who come and see a physio by and large understand and reap the benefits having done so. The more we get in the doors the larger the public opinion. That includes getting gov. ministers in as patients!! 99% of people who have seen a physio would promote the profession.

So let's make sure our activities are looking at the wider picture and are no pandering to government lead, insurance company provoked, initiatives.