Seems the physiosvoice group (of which I am a member) are also very disappointed with the response and action (of lack thereof) taken by the CSP and Physio First. Here's their latest email advice. I for one have put up at least £250 for the cause.

Well I have to confess that I got my hopes up when the e-alert came from Physio First telling us to hold off from tendering until they had had their meeting with BUPA. How naive of me! I really don’t want to get into the blame game here as it’s an unnecessary distraction so I’ll bite my tongue.

What I will do instead is tell you what we intend to do now:


  • We have now had discussions with 3 competition lawyers and will be meeting this evening to decide which one to instruct. All of them have stated quite clearly that there is scope to take a more robust approach than the one adopted by Physio First and the CSP.


  • Several of you have indicated that you are prepared to contribute to the cost of this. If you haven’t already done so please let me know if you are. The time has come for us to put our money where our mouth is. We are in the process of tying down the costs and I will circulate a breakdown of these this evening.


  • Despite Physio First’s assertion that they have negotiated concessions from BUPA, nothing has really changed. We are still in the same position, being asked to submit to the same blind tender with the odds utterly stacked against us. Please tell me if I’m missing something but how is that position any better than it was before Physio First and the CSP met BUPA last week?


  • We have been contacted several times by BUPA now to ask if we need any help with the tender process (we very politely said that no we did not). I know that they have contacted several other practices. Perhaps a sign that they’re getting nervous?


Please continue to pass this on to all the physios you know. As the clock continues to count down to Friday I’m sure there will be some nervous people. They need to know that they are not alone. Please also keep blogging at www.thephysiosvoice.co.uk.

More coming later this evening.

Best to all,


Max