Automated reminders & workflows

Appointment reminder software and clinic automation

Send automated SMS and email confirmations, reminders and follow-ups from your diary, then build custom workflow automations that handle the repetitive admin for you. Fewer missed appointments, fewer phone calls.

  • SMS & email reminders
  • Automate daily admin
  • 30-day free trial

Fewer missed appointments

Every client gets a confirmation when they book and a reminder before they attend, so fewer appointments are forgotten.

Less time on the phone

Confirmations, reminders, forms and follow-ups go out on their own, so reception isn't spending the day ringing round.

Follow-ups that bring clients back

Automated follow-ups keep in touch after an appointment, so clients complete their course of care and rebook.

How it works

Set it up once, then let PPS do the chasing

Choose what your clients should receive and when. PPS sends it automatically from the diary and logs every message against the client record.

  1. Write your templates

    Set up SMS and email templates for confirmations, reminders and follow-ups, with different templates for different treatments.

  2. Choose what sends automatically

    Switch on automatic confirmations, reminders and follow-ups, and choose when reminders go out, from 24 hours before the appointment.

  3. Build custom automations PPS Express

    Pick a trigger and an action, such as sending the right online form when a client books, then filter by practitioner, location or department.

  4. Monitor and fix

    See all automation activity on the dashboard, and check the failures tab for anything that didn't run, why, and how to run it again.

See automations in action
Preview automations

Interactive tour of custom automations in PPS Express: creating an automation, choosing a trigger and action, filtering by practitioner or location, and tracking failures.

Confirmations, reminders & follow-ups

Automated appointment reminders by SMS and email

The core of clinic communication, included in both PPS and PPS Express and sent straight from your diary.

Booking confirmations & reminders

Clients get a confirmation as soon as they book and a reminder before they attend, without anyone at reception lifting the phone.

  • Automatic SMS and email confirmations
  • Reminders at a time you choose, at least 24 hours before
  • Follow-ups after the appointment
PPS and PPS Express: both send confirmations, reminders and follow-ups automatically.

Templates your way

Write messages that sound like your clinic, and tailor them to the appointment the client has booked.

  • Fully customisable SMS and email templates
  • Different templates for different treatments
  • Merge fields add each client's appointment date and time
  • HTML email templates to match your branding
HTML email templates: in PPS, and in PPS Express when used alongside PPS.

Unlimited free emails

Send as many emails as your clinic needs at no extra cost, from your own email address.

  • Unlimited emails in both products
  • Send from your clinic's own email account
  • Client replies land in your clinic inbox

SMS messaging from 6p

Text reminders reach clients wherever they are. Buy SMS credits in bundles and only pay for the texts you send.

  • SMS confirmations, reminders and messages
  • Credits in bundles from 6p per message
  • Every message logged in the client record
Custom workflow automations

Clinic automation that runs your repetitive admin

Build your own automations in PPS Express: choose the trigger, choose the action, and PPS Express carries it out every time, for every client.

Send the right form

Send the correct online client form automatically when a client books.

Welcome new clients

Greet every new client automatically, so first impressions never depend on a busy day.

Per practitioner or site

Filter automations by practitioner, location or department.

Spot and fix failures

See what failed and why, update the client's details and run it again.

Custom automations are created and managed in PPS Express. Using PPS? Confirmations, reminders and follow-ups are managed right in PPS, and you can add PPS Express alongside it for custom automations.
  • Choose a trigger and an action for each automation
  • Switch automations on and off, edit or delete them at any time
  • Dashboard overview of all automation activity
  • Failures tab shows what failed, why, and lets you run it again
PPS

Daisy-chain follow-up templates

In PPS, chain activity templates together to build automated follow-up sequences after an appointment, sent automatically or managed from the activities list. Using PPS Express? Custom automations reach the same result.

  1. After the appointmentThank-you and aftercare email
  2. ThenCheck-in on progress
  3. ThenInvitation to rebook
Clinic communication software

More ways to keep clients and staff in the loop

Beyond reminders, PPS brings the rest of your clinic's communication into the same system.

PPS

Mailshots & newsletters

Send clinic newsletters and campaigns with mailshot management tools.

Both products

Internal messaging

Keep staff up to date with secure internal messages inside PPS.

Both products

Communication preferences

Manage each client's contact and marketing preferences individually.

PPS

Task & action scheduling

Schedule personal actions and tasks so follow-ups are never forgotten.

PPS Express or PPS?

What's included in each product

Confirmations, reminders and follow-ups work in both. Custom automations are built in PPS Express, and PPS adds tools such as mailshots and daisy-chain follow-ups, which is why many clinics run the two together.

Reminders & automation featurePPS ExpressPPS
Automated booking confirmations
Automated appointment reminders
Automated follow-ups
Customisable SMS & email templates, per treatment
HTML email templatesWhen used with PPS
Unlimited free emails
SMS messaging, from 6p per message
Custom workflow automationsAdd PPS Express
Daisy-chain follow-up templatesUse custom automations
Mailshots & newsletters–
Internal messaging
Communication preferences

Compare every feature and price

Built for your discipline

Automated reminders for every kind of private clinic

From physiotherapy and podiatry to occupational health and aesthetic medicine, clinics use PPS to confirm, remind and follow up with clients in the way their discipline needs.

See who uses PPS
Reminders & automation, answered

Appointment reminder software FAQs

Appointment reminder software sends your clients automatic messages about their appointments, such as a confirmation when they book and a reminder before they attend, so fewer appointments are forgotten and your team spends less time phoning clients. In PPS, reminders are part of your practice management system, so every message is sent from the same diary and client record your team already uses.

Yes. PPS and PPS Express both send automated booking confirmations, appointment reminders and follow-ups by SMS and email, using customisable templates that can differ by treatment. Reminders go out at a time you choose, at least 24 hours before the appointment.

Most missed appointments happen because a client forgets or can't make it and doesn't let you know. A confirmation when the appointment is booked and a reminder at least 24 hours before it reminds clients of the date and time and gives them the chance to contact you if they need to reschedule, so you can offer the slot to someone else instead of losing it.

Emails are unlimited and free in both PPS and PPS Express. SMS messages use credits, which are available in bundles from 6p per message, so you only pay for the texts you send.

Yes. PPS and PPS Express can send automated emails from your clinic's own email account, so when a client replies to a confirmation or reminder, the reply lands in your inbox rather than going unanswered.

Yes. Templates are fully customisable, so you can write different confirmations and reminders for different treatments, for example to include preparation advice for a particular appointment type. In PPS, and in PPS Express when used alongside PPS, you can also use HTML email templates to match your clinic's branding.

Custom workflow automations let you choose a trigger, such as an appointment being booked, and an action that PPS Express then carries out automatically every time, such as sending the right online client form or welcoming a new client. You can filter each automation by practitioner, location or department, switch it on and off at any time, and track any that fail so you can fix the cause and run them again.

Yes. PPS manages your confirmations, reminders and follow-ups directly. Custom workflow automations are created and managed in PPS Express, which many clinics run alongside PPS so practitioners have the practitioner app and the clinic gets custom automations too.

Yes. Both products send automated follow-ups. In PPS you can also chain templates together into daisy-chain follow-up sequences, and in PPS Express custom automations achieve the same result.

Yes. PPS is used by physiotherapy clinics, as well as podiatry, occupational health, aesthetic medicine and multi-discipline clinics. Physiotherapists can send automated SMS and email reminders, follow-ups after a course of treatment, and pre-treatment forms before a first assessment, all from the same system they use for their diary and clinical notes.

Try automated reminders free for 30 days

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