Hi 'ckaren', Looking at everything that came with the process, the cut off date for authorisations on the old system is 15.5.09, after which the new network (such as it might be) goes live on 17.5.09.

However, it will be intersting to see if BUPA has enough people to form a network and, if they haven't, the above could change!

Looking at the polls here and on thephysiosvoice.co.uk they might have a bit of a problem. I sincerely hope they do!!

Even if they don't to start with, they probably will down the line when their client base starts to complain about availability of choice of practitioner.