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As a business owner, it’s important to make time to plan for the year ahead, reflecting on the lessons learnt from the year just gone.

Marketing your private practice on social media can increase your caseload. How do you know which social platform should you be using?

As you all know, placing our practitioners first andproviding relevant, engaging content is the core of our new strategy. Sincestarting in July, there has been a 96% increase in content-only subscriptions,which is phenomenal – I want to welcome everyone joining the...

Article by Wendy Radford owner of Radford Holistic Therapies Thrive Versus SurviveIdeas as to how to navigate this world challenge of staying at homeIn this time of self-isolation and self-distancing there are several pitfalls that we can fall into in our coping...

Video is such a vital marketing tool for your practice – make sure you’re not missing out on potential clients by learning how. Therapist Anne-Marie gets to grips with her first business video, and tells us how she got on. Why video?As a practicing therapist I realise...

Anger management is in demand. Learn how to recognise and treatthe issuesThe British Association of Anger Management’s latest Anger Academy training course begins soon.Could your practice benefit from you learning to teach anger and stress management skills?The...

If you’ve been working as a healthcare professional for afew years, you might have thought about starting your own private practice. Butthe leap from practitioner to practitioner and business owner is a big one formost people. There is a lot of learning that needs to...

With so much uncertainty around the pandemic, it’s vital to ensure your clients are as well informed and reassured as possible Therapist Anne-Marie has been busily preparing for her return to work. We find out how she is getting ready and the obstacles she faces in...

In the past, many health practitioners were understandablywary of introducing technology to the client experience. Concerns ranged from‘losing the personal touch’ and reliance on unstable tech to the moresubconscious fears of having to learn something new.But with...

As we close on another month of adjusting to the new normal, we catch up with Anne-Marie to see how she has navigated the past few weeksWith September just around the corner, it seems that time has really been flying. Despite the stress, uncertainty and unquestionable...

In today’s climate, marketing your practice has never been more important. With this in mind the team at WriteUpp have created a practical and highly actionable 35 page eBook to help you grow your practice by marketing it more effectively.In this 30-40 minute read...

Article by Dr Tom Cotton, Existential-Analytic Psychotherapist, Executive Coach & Founder, Mind Environment In recent years I’ve become preoccupied with purpose, bothprofessionally and personally. As a psychotherapist and executive coach, whilemy clients are from...

If you’re creating a website, brochure or leaflet, you’re probably looking for good free stock photos.We know from experience that they can be hard to find.Here’s a list of stock photo websites. This is great resource as they’ve scored each site for its usability and...

If you are a self employed practitioner needing financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic, here’s a handy guide written by Emma Gross, Senior Associate at MCG Law to help you understand the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).

To minimise risks of exposing patients to COVID-19, around70,000 physiotherapists in the UK alone are being asked to adopt remoteconsultations. Already growing in popularity, physiotherapy apps are now avital tool for physiotherapists to improve patient outcomes. Apps...

In this ever changing world, face to face contact with people outside your own household is restricted. We are forced to adapt and accept a new norm and this may call for a different way of working to engage with clients and hold meetings.That means thinking outside...

In the midst of the current global public health crisis some businesses are having to rapidly diversify to offer support to others, or to simply manage and sustain business at all.Measures such as social distancing and stay at home campaigns will help save lives, and...

Reconciling a caring professions background with a business mindset is difficult. In this era of privatisation more and more people are self-employed, facing the major challenges of running their own business. For people whose careers began in public service as an...

Major News: We’re launching a new Facebook Group for Physio Business Owners and we’ll be launching a 30 day FREE series on how to overcome this chaotic and stressful time. To access this please join our private FB group at...

Starting a private practice on your own is very different from joining an existing clinic. If you go it alone without the appropriate support, it can be a recipe for disaster. This is especially true if you trained in the public sector as most of us do at the...

Private Practice Hub are really excited to announce that our Ask the Expert webinars are taking a completely different format whilst being led by our new expert host, Jayney Goddard.Jayney Goddard has been in practice for over 3 decades and has dedicated the last 27...

People send emails to the wrong recipients for any number of reasons. A common cause is Microsoft Outlook’s autocomplete functionality, with people accidentally selecting the wrong name without realising – for example, it is very easy to accidentally add ‘Emma’...

Well written treatment notes are one of the keys to providing effective service and achieving the best outcomes for your clients. But there’s no denying… they can be painful to write! Of course, this means treatment notes can often be left to build up, creating stress...

Operating a private practice grants you absolute freedom over how you approach the handling and promotion of your business, and this can feel both engaging and intimidating. As wonderful as it is to let your creativity run wild and make a marketing case that truly...

No-shows and cancellations can be one of the biggest drains on private practices. Obviously, the financial loss of not being able to charge for that time can have a big cumulative impact on your bottom line. But in addition to this, there is also a negative impact on...

Guest article written by Dr Colin Clerkin from Your Practice Coach.We all know the problem: we’ve made the decision to start working privately. We’ve hung out our shingle and told a few contacts that our private practice is “open” for new referrals. We’ve maybe even...