AI for private clinics

Answer patient questions while you are with a patient

In a small clinic, the person treating is often the person answering enquiries. We set up a website chatbot and automations that take enquiries while your hands are busy. You finish the session and find every enquiry waiting for you, sorted and ready.

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Your business

Website assistant, replies instantly

do I need a gp referral to see a physio

I can help with that. Could I take your name and email, so the team can confirm the details for you?

Sure, it’s Sam, sam@example.com

Thanks, Sam. I’ve passed this to the team, and they’ll reply first thing tomorrow.

Enquiry captured and sent to the team

Type your question…
Example conversation. Answers come only from the business's own information.

In short

  • We set up a website chatbot and automations for physio, chiropractic, aesthetics and private GP clinics.
  • They answer questions about prices, insurers, referrals and first appointments, and take details for booking.
  • They never assess symptoms, give medical advice or suggest a treatment.
  • Enquiries reach you by text or email, or go into your booking system where it allows.
  • It starts with a short call, and the Website Chatbot is usually live within a few weeks.

The problem

Why private clinics miss bookings

Private patients choose quickly. If you can't answer, the clinic down the road can.

01

You can't answer mid-treatment

You are halfway through a sports massage or an adjustment when the phone rings. Stopping is unprofessional, but ignoring it may cost a new patient. Voicemail rarely gets a message back.

02

Insurance questions take time

Callers want to know if you are recognised by their insurer and what they need before booking. Answering properly takes a few minutes you don't have between patients.

03

Courses of treatment drift

A patient needs four physio sessions but books one. They feel a little better, life gets busy, and they never rebook. The plan stops halfway and so does the income.

04

Aesthetics marketing has strict rules

You want to post regularly, but advertising rules on prescription-only medicines are strict. Writing posts that are both engaging and compliant takes real care each week.

What we set up

What we would set up for your clinic

We start with Capture, so no enquiry is lost, then Compound, so patients finish their treatment and come back.

Automation

Fixed quote

Takes calls while you treat

It answers website questions about your clinic, day and night. It takes the visitor's details, what they need and whether they are insured. It can point them to your online booking or email you the details to call back between patients.

  • Takes a new physio patient's name, number and preferred times
  • Notes the caller's insurer so you can check before they arrive
  • Flags a visitor who says they've just been injured as urgent and emails you
  • Covers only missed calls, so you still answer when you're free
About the Automation

Website Chatbot

Price on application

Answers the questions patients ask before booking

It learns your prices, treatments, practitioners and clinic policies. It explains what a first appointment involves and what to wear or bring. If it doesn't know, it says so and takes the patient's details.

  • Explains that patients can self-refer, if that is your policy
  • Shares your cancellation policy and session prices
  • Tells an aesthetics enquirer that treatment starts with a consultation
  • Takes details for a private GP appointment request
About the Website Chatbot

Integrations

Fixed quote

Connects to your booking and clinic system

Many clinics use systems such as Cliniko, Jane, WriteUpp or Pabau. We can connect to the system you already use, where it allows integrations (an API). Enquiries from calls and chat then land in one place.

  • Adds new enquiries to your clinic system where it allows
  • Sends an email summary of every enquiry each evening
  • Gives you one list of call backs rather than three inboxes
About the integrations work

Integrations

Fixed quote

Rebooking prompts and review requests

This is the Compound stage. A patient who hasn't booked their next session gets a friendly nudge. After a course of treatment ends, they get a short request for a Google review.

  • A text if a patient hasn't rebooked within the gap you choose
  • A review request after the last session in a course
  • A check-in email for aesthetics clients when a top-up may be due, worded to your rules
About the integrations work

Automated Social Media

£99 a month

Regular posts you approve first

We plan and write a month of Facebook and Instagram posts. You approve them in one sitting, and nothing goes out without your say. For aesthetics clinics, we write with advertising rules on prescription-only medicines in mind.

  • Posts on desk posture tips for a physio clinic
  • Meet the practitioner posts with their qualifications
  • Consultation-led posts for aesthetics, without naming prescription-only medicines
About the Automated Social Media

Day and night

Questions it can answer for your patients

Answered from your own information, by chat or by phone. Anything it cannot answer comes to you.

  • “do I need a gp referral to see a physio”
  • “are you recognised by bupa”
  • “how much is an initial assessment”
  • “what should I wear to my first appointment”
  • “how long does a chiropractic appointment take”
  • “do you do evening or weekend appointments”
  • “how much is a consultation for lines and wrinkles”
  • “what's your cancellation policy”
  • “can I see a private gp today”
  • “is there parking near the clinic”

With it running

An example week with it running

This is an illustration of how a typical week could look, not a real clinic.

You are treating a runner with a knee problem. A visitor to your website asks about a sore back and whether you take AXA Health. The chatbot takes her details and insurer, and offers to arrange a call back.

At 10.45 you see the text, check her cover and book her for Wednesday.

Someone asks the website chatbot how much a consultation for lines and wrinkles costs. It shares your published consultation fee and explains that a practitioner decides on treatment at that appointment.

She leaves her name and email, and you contact her the next morning.

A patient finished her third physio session two weeks ago and hasn't rebooked. An automatic text asks how she is getting on and links to your booking page.

She books her fourth session over the weekend.

Built carefully

What it should not do

Your clinic gives healthcare. The AI handles enquiries only, and it hands over to a person whenever care is involved.

  • It never assesses symptoms, gives medical advice or tells a patient which treatment they need.
  • Anyone describing serious symptoms, such as chest pain or a sudden severe injury, is told to call 999 or NHS 111.
  • For aesthetics, it doesn't promote prescription-only medicines. It talks about consultations, as the ASA's advertising guidance expects.
  • It doesn't confirm insurance cover. It notes the insurer, and you or the patient check with them.
  • It doesn't collect medical history. Health details stay in your clinic system, not in a chat log.
  • Any patient who wants to speak to a practitioner gets a call back from a person.

Your questions answered

AI for private clinics: questions answered

How does a website chatbot work for a private clinic?

A website chatbot for a private clinic answers visitor questions in the clinic's name when you are treating patients or closed. It is taught your treatments, staff, prices and opening hours, so it can answer common questions and take booking requests. It asks for the visitor's name, number and what they need, then emails the details to you or reception. Where your booking system allows it, it can also point people to your online calendar. This suits physio, osteopathy, podiatry and aesthetics clinics, where you can't stop a session to reply to enquiries.

Read our guide: What can an AI website assistant do for a small business?

Is a website chatbot GDPR compliant for a private healthcare clinic?

A website chatbot can be used by a private healthcare clinic under UK GDPR if it collects as few health details as it can. Health details are special category data, which have stricter rules. The chatbot should ask for contact details and a short reason for getting in touch, not symptoms or medical history. The clinic needs a lawful basis, a privacy notice that mentions the chatbot, and a data processing agreement with the supplier. Decide how long chat logs are kept, and check the ICO's guidance or ask a specialist if unsure.

Read our guide: AI and GDPR: what UK small businesses must know before using AI tools

Can an AI chatbot give medical advice to clinic patients?

No, an AI chatbot on a clinic website should not give medical advice. It cannot examine a patient, and a wrong answer about symptoms or treatment could cause harm. A safe chatbot answers questions about the clinic itself, such as prices, practitioners, opening times and what happens at a first appointment. When someone describes symptoms or asks what treatment they need, it should suggest a consultation and take their details. Anyone describing serious symptoms, such as chest pain, should be told to call 999 or NHS 111.

Read our guide: Will a chatbot make things up? How to stop AI giving customers wrong answers

Can a website chatbot cut the calls and emails a physio clinic has to answer?

Often, yes. Many questions a physio clinic gets by phone and email are the same each week, such as prices, opening hours, insurers and parking. A website chatbot can answer these at any hour, so fewer people need to ring while you are treating. It also takes new patients' details and passes them on, so you can call back between sessions. It does not answer the phone, so some clinics also keep a telephone answering service or use a missed-call text-back. The best choice depends on how many enquiries you miss while treating, and what a new patient's course of treatment is worth to you.

Read our guide: How much does AI automation cost for a small business?

Do patients mind an AI answering the phone at a clinic?

Most clinic patients don't mind an AI answering the phone if it is clear, polite and gets their request to a person quickly. Patients mainly want to know that someone will call back, and when. Problems start when callers can't reach a person or feel they are being kept at arm's length. Tell callers early that they are speaking to an automated assistant, and offer a call back from the practitioner whenever asked. Patients in pain or distress should always be passed to a person.

Read our guide: How to use AI for customer service without annoying your customers

Can automated reminders reduce no-shows at a private clinic?

Automated reminders can help cut no-shows at a private clinic, because many missed sessions are simply forgotten. A text or email a day or two before, with an easy way to move the booking, gives patients the chance to free up the slot. Follow-up messages can also nudge patients who haven't booked their next session in a course. Many clinic booking systems can already send reminders, so check yours first. Extra automation helps when you want steps your system doesn't offer.

Read our guide: What can AI automate in a small business? Practical examples

Can an AI chatbot answer questions about aesthetic treatments like Botox?

An AI chatbot can answer questions about an aesthetics clinic's services, but it must take care with prescription-only medicines such as Botox. In the UK, these medicines can't be advertised to the public, and the ASA's guidance says clinics should talk about consultations, not promote the medicine itself. A safe chatbot explains what a consultation involves, who does it and what it costs. It should not say whether a treatment is right for someone. Have every answer checked before it goes live.

Read our guide: Will a chatbot make things up? How to stop AI giving customers wrong answers

How it starts

From first call to working AI

A managed service. We build it, connect it and keep it tuned.

  1. 01

    A short call about your clinic

    We learn your treatments, team, insurers you are recognised by, and how you take bookings now.

  2. 02

    We write and check the answers

    We load your prices, policies and first appointment details. You approve every answer, including the wording on any regulated treatments.

  3. 03

    We connect your systems

    We link enquiries to your phone, inbox and clinic system where it allows. You choose when you get texted and when it waits for email.

  4. 04

    Go live and improve

    The Website Chatbot is usually live within a few weeks. Every conversation is logged, which shows what patients ask, so we can refine it.

FAQ

AI for private clinics: your questions

Yes, and that is often where it helps most. If you treat alone, it can answer only the calls you miss. You call people back between sessions with all their details in front of you.
It can book into a calendar. For clinic systems such as Cliniko, Jane, WriteUpp or Pabau, we can connect where the system allows integrations (an API). We confirm what is possible on our first call.
No. It can say which insurers you are recognised by, if you give it that list. Cover depends on each patient's policy, so it asks them to check with their insurer.
Yes, with care. The chatbot and social posts are written to talk about consultations rather than promote prescription-only medicines. You approve all wording before anything goes live.
The AI only takes what you need for a call back or booking, such as name, contact details and the reason for the enquiry. It doesn't ask for medical history. We agree with you how long recordings and chat logs are kept.
Yes. It can explain who treats what and take a preference for a named practitioner. Enquiries can go to reception or straight to the right person.
The Website Chatbot and integrations are quoted on application after a short call about your clinic. You get a fixed price before anything starts, and there is no obligation.

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