Executive Summary There is a current need to evaluate the provision of physical therapy in society today, taking into consideration the number of people who need therapy, and the people with actual access to the service. While therapy is mostly offered by private practitioners, our medical institution, with appropriate funding from the Government, wishes to avail these services to the general public at a lower cost. Our patients would include the elderly (suffering from Arthritis), major accident victims, and children with physical impairments. Dreeben (2006, p. 26- 29) It’s with the growing need to address these issues that our medical institution proposes to establish a physical therapy and rehabilitative medicine department. The hospital is already equipped with some of the equipment and staff required to offer these services, and the proximity of medicinal supplies currently held in stock would ensure a quick implementation process. The hospital is large enough to accommodate the needed space and facilities for this program; hence the capital input from the government will be minimal. From this venture, the government is sure to save on expenditure it would have incurred if insured patients had sought services from private practitioners, given their high mark-ups. The hospital’s current location is quite accessible to the general public, thus our managerial team expects an early adoption of our services from society. The government’s health plan is also expected to gain more subscribers, as the staff would be required to recommend it to access the services. (Turnock, 2008) Introduction Public hospitals are currently lagging in the implementation of modern technology. For the public hospitals to regain their efficiency and quality recognition they first have to match, or better, the services offered by their private counterparts. Patients in need of therapy services have been recommended to private establishments in recent years, which may be unaffordable for some members of the general public. Physical therapy, as a medical practice, has evolved tremendously in recent history. New procedures have been developed to restore movement and functional ability once believed to be lost. The practice, mostly found in the private sector, also requires to be taken up by public hospitals to make sure that the benefits are available to all members of society. (Dreeben, 2006) p. 35- 46 Case for change Private physical therapy establishments are expensive for most members of society, and for this reason, some patients result into buying either prescribed drugs or taking pain medication, rather than go for therapy sessions. Physical therapy is generally used to restore movement to patients suffering from permanent disabilities, major accident victims who are in a recovering state, patients ailing from arthritis, lower back pain and cerebral palsy. Both hospitals and the government alike cannot afford to overlook the financially unstable members of the community or rely solely on the private sector to provide physical therapy programs. For that reason, there is a need to establish a plan that covers the majority of the public, a plan that will ensure therapy services are affordable. (Dreeben, 2006) p. 188-190 Analysis of the proposal The analysis will place emphasis on benefits that will be derived from the project, if