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Physio First Data for Impact integration for PPS

Submit anonymised treatment and outcome data straight from PPS as part of Data for Impact (DFI), the national outcomes programme from Physio First, developed with the University of Brighton.

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Physio First is behind Data for Impact (DFI), a national outcomes programme developed with the University of Brighton that lets physiotherapists submit anonymised treatment and outcome data directly from PPS. Contributing to Physio First's DFI programme helps build a national picture of the efficacy of physiotherapy, while working toward quality-assured status for your own practice.

QAP & QAC

quality-assured status available

Not required

Physio First membership

50+

datasets to unlock your practice summary

How it works

Submit outcome data to Physio First without leaving PPS

Sign up to DFI

Complete the form in PPS

Fill in a custom DFI data form as part of the treatment sessions you're already recording.

Data exported and analysed

Your anonymised data is exported from PPS and analysed by the University of Brighton for national reports.

What Data for Impact gives you inside PPS

Quality assured

Work toward quality-assured practitioner or clinic status by taking part in DFI.

Data transparency

Get key insights into industry KPIs via Physio First's national interim reports.

Patient privacy

All data collected through the toolkit is anonymised to protect patient confidentiality.

Clinic performance

Get a summary of your own data once you've submitted more than 50 datasets.

Working toward QAP or QAC status

Submitting data through PPS counts directly toward Physio First's two quality-assurance schemes, developed with the University of Brighton.

Individual practitioners

Quality Assured Practitioner (QAP)

Awarded to sole practitioners who submit at least 50 discharged patient datasets within a 12-month period using validated PROMs, meeting Physio First's quality markers. QAP status comes with a certificate for your clinic, a listing in Physio First's Find a Physio directory, and an individualised benchmarking report from the University of Brighton.

Whole-clinic version

Quality Assured Clinic (QAC)

The clinic-wide equivalent of QAP - every MSK practitioner at the practice is a Physio First member (or QAC Participant) and is a QAP or working toward it, with the whole team submitting outcomes data. QAC status is recognised by insurers including Bupa, and sole-practitioner QAPs can apply to convert to QAC status directly.

Why connect Physio First's DFI toolkit with PPS?

Built into your workflow

Complete the DFI form as part of the treatment session you're already recording in PPS - no extra software to learn.

Benchmark your practice

Once you've contributed 50+ datasets, you get a summary comparing your own outcomes against the national picture.

Cost & membership

Using the Data for Impact toolkit through PPS carries no additional cost, and you don't need to be a Physio First member to take part. See Physio First's own site for full details at physiofirst.org.uk →

Physio First & PPS, answered

Common questions about the Physio First integration

Data for Impact (DFI) is a national outcomes programme run by Physio First in collaboration with the University of Brighton. It collects anonymised treatment and outcome data to build a national picture of the efficacy of physiotherapy.

No. The Data for Impact toolkit is open to physiotherapists whether or not they hold Physio First membership.

Once signed up to DFI, a custom data form appears in PPS as part of treatment sessions. Responses are exported and sent for analysis by the University of Brighton.

Once you've submitted more than 50 datasets, you unlock a summary report comparing your own clinic's performance against national data.

Yes. All data submitted through the DFI toolkit is anonymised before it leaves PPS, protecting patient confidentiality throughout.

Quality Assured Practitioner (QAP) status is awarded to individual sole practitioners who meet Physio First's data and quality criteria. Quality Assured Clinic (QAC) is the whole-practice version, awarded where every MSK practitioner at the clinic is a Physio First member (or QAC Participant) and is a QAP or working toward it.

For QAP, sole practitioners need to submit at least 50 discharged patient datasets within a 12-month period using validated PROMs, meeting Physio First's quality markers. For QAC, every MSK practitioner in the clinic needs to be a Physio First member (or QAC Participant) and be submitting sufficient outcomes data.