Last year's flu patients
Reach everyone vaccinated last autumn, weeks before your competitors advertise.
Your pharmacy already has thousands of patient records. Our AI-powered SMS automation starts genuine conversations with patients, answers questions instantly and helps fill appointments for your private services — without adding more work for your team.
The problem
Pharmacies spend years building a patient database. Every vaccination, every travel consultation, every private appointment adds another record. Yet most of those patients hear from the pharmacy only when they happen to walk past the door.
Nothing is broken — there simply isn't time. Behind the counter, the day belongs to prescriptions and patients in front of you. Proactive communication is the first thing to be postponed, and it stays postponed. Meanwhile the database quietly becomes less valuable every month, while you pay to acquire new customers who are worth less than the ones you already have.
SMS is the one channel that still reliably gets read. Open rates sit above 98%, and most messages are opened within minutes — a different world to email, where the majority are never seen at all. When the message is relevant and it invites a reply, patients respond.
The solution
Bulk texts get ignored because they read like adverts. Instead of blasting the same message at everyone, every patient receives a personalised SMS that opens a natural conversation — the kind of exchange they'd have with a member of your team.
Patients ask questions. What does it cost? How long does it take? Do I need an appointment? Is it suitable for me? The AI answers instantly using the information you've given us about your services, prices and availability. When the moment is right it books the appointment. When the question needs a pharmacist, it hands the conversation to your team with the full history attached.
How it works
Send us a simple export from your existing records. No complicated setup, no new software for your team to learn, and nothing to install on the counter PC.
Flu, Covid and travel vaccinations, travel clinics, ear wax removal, weight management, blood pressure checks, B12, smoking cessation, women's and men's health, Pharmacy First, repeat prescriptions or a seasonal campaign.
Every patient receives a message written for them, not a bulk blast. They reply with questions exactly as they would at the counter, and the AI answers in seconds.
Bookings land in your diary automatically, or the conversation is handed straight to your team when a human is the better answer.
Flagship service — database reactivation
Almost every pharmacy already holds years of valuable patient data. Rather than constantly paying to acquire new customers, our system reconnects with the patients who have already chosen you once. They know the pharmacy, they know the team, and they need no persuading that you're worth trusting.
We segment the database by the service each patient has used, then start conversations at the moment those patients are most likely to need you again.
Reach everyone vaccinated last autumn, weeks before your competitors advertise.
Travellers book again. A well-timed message catches them while they're planning.
A repeat service most people book roughly once a year, and then forget.
Enquiries that never converted are often still interested months later.
Patients who already trust you are the easiest bookings you will ever take.
Quiet records get a friendly, relevant reason to come back through the door.
Secondary service — speed to lead
When someone enquires about a travel clinic or a weight management consultation, they rarely enquire only once. The pharmacy that replies first usually gets the booking. With speed to lead, every website enquiry receives an SMS within seconds — long before anyone has a chance to look elsewhere.
No enquiry is forgotten, and nothing waits until Monday morning.
Revenue opportunities
Each of these works as its own campaign, with its own patient list and its own timing across the year.
Why SMS
Most messages are read within minutes of arriving.
Conversations begin immediately, not the next working day.
Every mobile phone can receive it. Nothing to download.
Far more effective than email for getting a reply.
The outcome
More private service revenue
More appointment bookings
Reactivated patient records
Less admin for your team
Instant replies, every time
Conversations 24/7
Never miss another enquiry
Professional patient experience
Better patient retention
Scale without hiring
Responsible communication
Patient communication carries responsibility, and the platform is built around that. You approve the messaging, you keep control of the conversation, and your team can step in whenever a human answer is the right answer.
We only message patients you are permitted to contact, with a clear opt-out in every conversation.
Your team can step into any conversation at any moment and continue it themselves.
Every message sent and received is logged and searchable for your records.
Patient data is held in access-controlled systems with UK-based implementation support.
Estimate the opportunity
Move the sliders to see what a modest response rate could mean across a year of campaigns.
Estimates assume a conservative 3% of contacted patients book. Real results vary by service, list quality and timing.
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FAQs
We load your chosen patient list and campaign details, then the AI sends a personalised opening message to each patient. When a patient replies, the AI reads the message, answers using the information you have given us about your services, prices and availability, and moves the conversation towards a booking. It never invents clinical advice — anything outside its brief is passed to your team.
Yes, at any point. Every conversation is visible in one inbox and a member of your team can jump in and reply personally. The AI steps back automatically once a human is involved.
Yes. Most pharmacies run a calendar of campaigns across the year — flu in early autumn, travel clinics in spring, weight management and health checks in January. Each campaign uses its own patient list and its own messaging.
It is designed for them. Independents usually have the strongest patient relationships and the least time to market. Small groups and regional chains run the same campaigns across multiple branches, with results reported per site.
Most pharmacies are live within a couple of weeks. The time is spent agreeing the campaign, the messaging and the booking process — not on technical setup.
We are transparent about it and we recommend being upfront. In practice patients care that they get a fast, accurate, polite answer. Anything the AI cannot answer properly is handed to your team rather than guessed at.
Completely. Tone, wording, pharmacy name, service descriptions, prices, appointment lengths and the opt-out line are all yours. Nothing goes out without your approval.
Yes. We handle implementation, write the campaigns with you, monitor the first conversations closely and review results with you after each campaign so the next one performs better.
Your pharmacy has already done the hard work of building patient relationships. We'll help you start more conversations that lead to more bookings and more revenue.