Homeopaths: offer short follow-up slots online
How homeopaths can offer short follow-up slots with online booking: a longer first consultation, short follow-ups booked from your list, phone calls.
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First consultations are long; follow-ups can be short, sometimes a quick call. Putting both in the same slot length wastes time or rushes new clients. With Book, you create a long first-consultation service and short follow-up services, group the short ones at set times, and book follow-ups from your list, so your week holds both without friction.
Separate services and lengths
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 15 | 1 |
| Follow-up at the practice | 30 min | 1 |
| Short follow-up | 15 min | 1 |
| Phone follow-up | 15 min | 1 |
Durations are examples: set your own according to your practice and the rules that apply to you. Name follow-ups "for current clients" so new clients choose the first consultation.
Follow-ups from your list
At the end of a consultation, book the follow-up yourself from your bookings list at the interval you agree. First and last name are enough; with their email, the client gets a confirmation with a calendar file. Book doesn't send reminders, so the calendar file keeps the date visible.
Phone follow-ups
The booking form takes a phone number, so you can call the client at the slot time. Say in the description that you call, and from which number. If you prefer video, send your link by email: Book doesn't create video links.
Group the short slots
Short follow-ups scattered through the day break up long consultations. Group them at set times, such as the last hour of the afternoon. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date, and slots of different services can overlap, so keep short and long services at different times.
Room for new clients
Open a few first-consultation slots each week at set times, so new clients can always find a date, and keep the rest for follow-ups.
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 and appears in the client's calendar file. Ask clients not to write health details there. Say in your descriptions that homeopathy doesn't replace medical care, according to the rules that apply to you.
Changes
Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and you move the follow-up from your list. Rescheduling works across services, so a practice follow-up can become a phone one.
What Book doesn't do
Book doesn't store records, take payments, sell remedies or send reminders. One booking page per business, no staff field: in a shared practice, create services per practitioner. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.
Can follow-ups be shorter than first consultations?
Can I offer phone follow-ups?
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Who books the follow-ups?
- Homeopath booking software & consultation app — €5/month
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