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Plain-English answers on the rules that apply to a private allied health practice in the UK - and the standard each one rests on.
Clinical & practiceWhat Should a Mummy MOT Cost and Include? (And Can You Call It That?)
UK Mummy MOT assessments run £99 to £120. But the name is a licensed brand with a training course and a monthly fee attached, which nobody selling one mentions.
9 min read
ComplianceHow Many Supervision Hours Do You Need as a BACP Counsellor?
Not one and a half hours a month, unless you are accredited. BACP sets no fixed minimum for registered members, which is the opposite of what most sources say.
BACP Ethical Framework 202610 min read
Clinical & practiceSetting Client Conduct Standards as a Massage Therapist
Most of the advice treats this as an awkward moment to handle gracefully. It is better handled as terms of business, written down before the first appointment.
9 min read
Clinical & practiceSpa Employment, Renting a Room, or Going Mobile: What Actually Pays Best?
Room rents run £10 to £60 an hour depending on where you are. But the comparison everyone misses is that renting a room can trigger a licence fee that going mobile does not.
9 min read
ComplianceCan I See Therapy Clients Who Live Abroad?
Three separate traps: their country's law applies, EU GDPR can reach you extraterritorially, and your indemnity may have territorial limits you have never checked.
UK GDPR Article 3(2) and Article 2710 min read
Clinical & practiceHow Much Should an OT Charge for Reports Versus Sessions?
There is a published government rate for expert OT work, and it sits below every other therapy profession in the same table. Worth knowing before you quote.
8 min read
Clinical & practiceHow Much Should an Osteopath Charge in the UK?
Every page answering this is written for patients. Here is the practitioner version, with the only benchmark survey the profession has and what it means for your fee.
9 min read
Clinical & practiceWhat Insurance Do You Need to Start a Private Physio Practice?
CSP membership insurance covers your limited company only below £200,000 turnover. Bupa sets a different bar again. Two thresholds most physiotherapists never hear about.
10 min read
ComplianceIs My Practice VAT Exempt? A Discipline-by-Discipline Guide
Which UK allied health professions are VAT exempt, which are standard-rated, and why statutory registration and therapeutic purpose decide it. Full table.
VAT Notice 701/57 · VATA 1994 Sch 9 Group 710 min read
Clinical & practiceHow to Get Recognised by Bupa, AXA and Vitality as a Physiotherapist
Bupa requires a lead clinician with five years post qualification experience and a Sessional Average at or below 5.5. Here is what AXA and Vitality require too.
11 min read
ComplianceCan a Self-Employed Practitioner Get an Enhanced DBS Check? The Rules Changed
Until January 2026 the self-employed could only get a Basic DBS. Enhanced checks are now available, but only through an Umbrella Body, and most published advice is out of date.
DBS eligibility rules, updated 21 January 20269 min read
Clinical & practiceSole Trader or Limited Company? Choosing a Structure for Your Private Practice
Two things changed in April 2026 that alter the answer: dividend tax rose and Making Tax Digital arrived for sole traders. What that means for a UK allied health practice.
2026/27 tax year10 min read
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