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An AI answering service for private clinics

A patient on the couch comes first, even when the phone is ringing. Ringzel picks up the calls your clinic misses, in your clinic's name, and sends every booking request and enquiry back to you to follow up between sessions.

For physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, opticians, aesthetics clinics and private GPs.

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See example calls
A physiotherapist guiding a patient's outstretched arm by a windowA physiotherapist moving a patient's leg on a treatment couchA physiotherapist applying support tape to a patient's shoulderA physiotherapist checking a patient's posture in a bright clinic roomAn optometrist positioning a phoropter in front of a patientHands fitting a lens into a trial frameAn optometrist examining a patient's eyes at a slit lampClose-up of the dials on a phoropter
Why calls get missed

Small clinics lose calls in the treatment room

If you're treating patients and answering the phone yourself, every call during a session goes unanswered. A new patient hoping to be seen this week may simply try the next clinic they find.

Your receptionist answers those calls while you work, so the enquiry is waiting for you between appointments rather than lost.

How a call runs

What your receptionist does on each call

It answers in your clinic's name and tells the caller it's automated.

  1. Call comes in
  2. Answered in your name
  3. Your questions
  4. Your rules
  5. Summary to you
  1. 01

    It asks your intake questions.

    You decide what it collects: perhaps the patient's name and number, what they'd like to be seen for, whether they're insured or self-paying, and when they're available.

  2. 02

    It answers practical questions from your clinic information, such as opening hours, location, parking and which treatments you offer.

  3. 03

    It never gives medical advice.

    It won't assess symptoms, suggest treatment or say whether something is serious. It passes on your clinic's instructions exactly as you've written them.

  4. 04

    It knows when a call isn't for a clinic.

    If a caller describes an immediate danger to life, it tells them to call 999. When a question is beyond what it knows, it says so honestly, notes when the caller is free and flags it for you.

After every call

Everything waiting for you between patients

For every call, you get a recording, a transcript, a summary and a check report. That's on every plan.

The summary tells you who called, what they're looking for and when they're free, so a quick look between sessions is enough. The check report reviews whether your intake questions were answered and whether any urgent call was handled the way you set it up.

  • Recording
  • Transcript
  • Summary
  • Check report
Your Ringzel accountIllustration
New patientSummary

A sore shoulder since a football match. Wants to be seen this week.

Reason
Shoulder
Insurer
Noted
Availability
This week
Recording
Transcript · “...it's been bothering me since a football match.”
Check report
Intake details captured
yes
No clinical comment
yes
Told caller it's automated
yes
New patient calls

Example call scenario

Example call scenario. An illustration only, not a recording of a real patient call.

At 10.20am, while the physio is mid-session, a caller rings about a sore shoulder that's been bothering him since a football match. He wants to know if he can be seen this week and whether his health insurance covers it.

Your receptionist answers in the clinic name, says it's automated and takes his name, number, the reason for the appointment, his insurer and his availability. It doesn't comment on the injury. It tells him which insurers the clinic accepts, from your clinic information, and that the team will call to book.

After the session, the physio has the summary, recording and check report ready to call him back.

  • It asks your intake questions
  • It never gives medical advice
  • Immediate danger to life: it tells the caller to call 999
  • It answers from your clinic information
Summary, 10:24Illustration
New patientTaken while the physio was mid-session
Shoulder appointment request. Health insurance noted.
Insurers accepted
From your clinic information
Comment on injury
None given
Next step
Team to call and book
Recording
In your account
Ring backOpen summary
Example calls

More clinic calls, handled

Example call scenarios. These are illustrations, not recordings of real calls.

QuestionExample call scenario

An insurance question

A caller asks whether you accept their health insurer.

Check report, after the call
  • Job details captured:yes
  • Told caller it's automated:yes
  • Escalation needed:no
  • Caller left with a next step:yes

What happens: It answers from the insurers listed in your clinic information, and takes their details.

Advice requestExample call scenario

A caller describes symptoms

A caller describes a pain and asks what it might be.

Check report, after the call
  • No clinical advice given:yes
  • Details captured:yes
  • Told caller it's automated:yes
  • Passed to you:yes

What happens: It won't assess symptoms or suggest treatment. It takes the details for your team.

Out of scopeExample call scenario

A question it can't answer

A caller asks for something you haven't given it an answer to.

Check report, after the call
  • Didn't guess:yes
  • Message complete:yes
  • Callback time taken:yes
  • Flagged to you:yes

What happens: It says so, takes a message with a good time to call back and flags it for you. It doesn't bluff.

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Website chat

Website enquiries answered while you treat

Patients often research a clinic online before deciding whether to call. Your bespoke AI chat widget answers them on your website, so nobody needs to keep an eye on a chat window between appointments.

Someone reads about your aesthetics treatments late one evening and asks how a consultation works and what it costs. The chat answers from the information you've provided, finds out what they're interested in and takes their details, without offering any clinical opinion.

The transcript and a summary are saved in your Ringzel account. You can call them back or, where available, contact them on WhatsApp.

Chat with your business
Illustration
How does a consultation work for your aesthetics treatments, and what does it cost?
I can take your details for the clinic. Which treatment are you interested in?
Skin treatments, mainly.
21:35 · Nobody from the business online
Saved to your Ringzel accountTranscript + summary

Aesthetics consultation enquiry. Asked how it works and what it costs.

Call backWhatsApp, where available
Professional and Premium

Booking and routing for busier clinics

On the Professional and Premium plans, your receptionist can do more.

  • It can book appointments into the calendar slots you choose, so a follow-up or initial assessment is booked without you picking up the phone.
  • It can transfer a call to the front desk when a patient needs to speak to someone.
  • It can route calls between practitioners, so a caller for the osteopath and a caller for the sports massage therapist each reach the right person.

On Basic, your receptionist takes the details and you book the appointment.

ThursdayProfessional and Premium
+ New booking in your calendar
  • 09:00Initial assessmentBooked
    Physiotherapy
  • 11:30Follow-upBooked
    Osteopathy
  • 15:00ConsultationBooked
    Aesthetics
Transfer
Put through to the front desk
Team routing
Between practitioners
Illustration
Try it free

Hear it as a new patient would

Type in your clinic's name and Ringzel builds a receptionist from your website and Google listing in about two minutes. Then talk to it in your browser: ask for an assessment, ask about prices, ask whether you need a referral.

No phone needed. No card.

Build my receptionist
Pricing

Pricing for clinics

From £99 a month with unlimited calls. Professional, at £179 a month, adds appointment booking, transfers and routing between practitioners. Premium is £299 a month. Every plan includes the recording, transcript, summary and check report for each call and a 14-day free trial with no card to start.

Basic

Answers and captures.

£99a month
Start free trial on Basic
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management
ProfessionalMost popular

Answers, books and routes.

£179a month
Start free trial on Professional
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management
Premium

Connects to the rest of your business.

£299a month
Start free trial on Premium
  • Unlimited calls
  • AI phone answering in your business name
  • Recording, transcript and check report on every call
  • Bespoke AI website chat
  • Bookings into your calendar
  • Call transfers
  • Team routing
  • Integrations
  • Reputation management

14-day free trial on every plan. No card to start. The trial begins when you create your account. Cancel before day 14 and you owe nothing.

What customers say

Really happy with Ringzel. It was easy to get set up, and it's been working great for us at Art on Film. The whole experience has been refreshingly simple.

AO
Art on Film
Customer
Questions

Questions from clinic owners

How does a clinic answering service work?

You forward the calls you can't answer, and the service picks them up in your clinic's name. Ringzel's receptionist takes the patient's details and reason for calling, follows your instructions and sends everything back to you.

Can AI answer calls for a physio clinic?

Yes. Ringzel answers in your clinic's name, tells callers it's automated and captures what they need while you're treating. The same works for osteopaths, chiropractors, opticians, aesthetics clinics and private GPs.

Does it give patients medical advice?

No. It never assesses symptoms or recommends treatment. It only passes on the instructions your clinic has set, exactly as written.

What happens if a caller is unwell?

It follows your clinic's urgent-call instructions. If a caller describes an immediate danger to life, it tells them to call 999.

Can an AI receptionist book clinic appointments?

Yes, on the Professional and Premium plans, into the calendar slots you choose. On Basic, it takes the details so you can book the appointment yourself.

Will patients know it's automated?

Yes. It tells every caller it's automated and never pretends to be a practitioner or member of staff.

Can I keep my clinic number?

Yes. You keep your number and forward only the calls you can't take, whether you're with a patient, don't answer or are closed.

How much does it cost?

From £99 a month with unlimited calls. Professional, which adds booking, transfers and routing, is £179 a month.

Stay with your patient, not the phone

Build a receptionist for your clinic in about two minutes and hear how it handles calls. When you're ready, start your 14-day free trial.

No website or Google listing? Tell us about your business

Build it free in two minutes. Talk to it straight away.