Dietitians: set a follow-up rhythm with online booking
How dietitians can set a follow-up rhythm with online booking: first consultation and follow-up services, sessions booked from the list, video and spacing.
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Nutrition work happens over weeks and months: a first consultation, then follow-ups at a rhythm you agree with each client. When clients have to remember to book each follow-up themselves, gaps appear and progress stalls. With Book, you book the next follow-ups at the end of each consultation, clients get each date in their calendar, and your week keeps room for new clients.
First consultation and follow-ups
On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.
| Service | Example slot | Places |
|---|---|---|
| First consultation | 1 h | 1 |
| Follow-up consultation | 30 min | 1 |
| Video follow-up | 30 min | 1 |
| Group nutrition workshop | 1 h 30 | 10 |
Durations are examples: set your own according to your practice and the rules that apply to you.
Book follow-ups at the end of each session
At the end of the first consultation, agree the rhythm, for example every two weeks for the first month, then monthly. Book the next one or two follow-ups yourself from your bookings list. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file for each. Book doesn't send reminders, so those calendar files keep the dates in front of them.
Adjusting the rhythm
Booking only one or two sessions ahead keeps the plan flexible: at each follow-up, you decide whether to keep the interval, space it out or bring it closer, and book accordingly. Rescheduling works across services, so a practice follow-up can become a video follow-up.
Video follow-ups
Follow-ups by video save clients a trip. Create a video follow-up service, and send your link by email before the session: Book doesn't create video links.
Keep health details out of the note
The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email. The note also appears in the client's calendar file. Tell clients not to write health details, weight or diagnoses there; collect that information during the consultation, according to the rules that apply to you. Use neutral service names too.
Room for new clients
Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Keep some first-consultation slots open each week, at times separate from follow-ups, so new clients can always find a date. Since you book follow-ups yourself, you can place them where they fit best.
Workshops
Group workshops, such as meal planning or label reading, work as a service with several places. Each online booking takes one place, and a full workshop leaves your page.
Missed follow-ups
Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the follow-up from your list. Say in the description how much notice you need.
What Book doesn't do
Book doesn't store client records or meal plans, take payments, sell packages or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: in a shared practice, create services per dietitian. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.
Who books the follow-ups?
Can follow-ups be by video?
Should clients write their weight or health details in the note?
Can I sell follow-up packages?
- Dietitian booking software & consultation app — €5/month
- Dietitians: booking video consultations alongside clinic days
- Health practices: patient booking basics online