Nuffield Health and VERY strong as I commented on TPV comments box. It wouldn't surprise me if they have a LOT of city backing to get themselves positioned to tender for masses of NHS contract work. One look at their website is enough to show they are well set up to manage "choose and book" and also many local NHS services. Their goal is to have a clinic 20 minutes from everyone in the UK.

On a lateral thinking note

Has it occurred to anyone that perhaps a consideration is the lack of Physiotherapy only insurance avaiable?

After all we have Denplan, and Chiroplan, why no Physioplan?

If anyone knows anyone in the independent insurance development sector surely this is the way forward.
I did look into trying to get an underwriter to set up this very sort of insurance 2 or 3 years ago but couldn't contact the right folk.

If there was an alternative policy for people wanting to reclaim the costs of their Physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitation then perhaps it would be another route for us as professionals to promote such a policy to our patients.

I once again reiterate that all these changes have been happening gradually over the past few years, and I really do wonder just what the CSP has been doing with its head apparently stuck under ground unaware of this time bomb.

With regard Physiofirst, all I can say is if they are meant to represent 'private practitioners' and have known that this was coming I think they should all resign.

Radically, my deep down opinion is that this whole debacle requires all Physiotherapists who work OUTSIDE the NHS to reflect on what they get for their CSP and or PhysioFirst membership.

Isn't it time we looked hard at the CSP and asked why they haven't made us aware as a membership that all this is around with companies like Nuffield Health, BUPA, UnumProvident, and the rest ?

I feel let down by the CSP