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Keep one record of each family, the next visit due and who was asked to return.

A CRM for a general clinic is a simple patient register that holds contact details, the reason for the visit, the next due date and consent to be messaged. GullySales sets up the register and the routine so the front desk updates it at every visit, and keeps clinical records separate.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Sales and marketing for doctors and general clinics, the overview.

Last updated 17 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For doctors and general clinics

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The notebook at the counter holds the only copy”

    Appointments sit in a diary, phone numbers sit in the billing software and follow-ups sit in the doctor's memory. When the receptionist leaves, the clinic loses the thread of who was due to return and why.

  • “Chronic care patients need a due date, not a hope”

    A patient with diabetes or blood pressure who feels well stops coming. Without a recorded next visit and a consented reminder, nobody at the clinic notices the gap until a complication brings them back.

  • “Consent has to be recorded, not remembered”

    A reminder on WhatsApp or SMS goes only to a patient who agreed to it. A register with a consent column and a date makes that checkable, and lets a patient who opts out be left alone.

  • “A CRM must not become a second medical record”

    Diagnoses and prescriptions belong in the clinic's own medical records under the doctor's care. The marketing register holds contact details, visit type, due dates and consent, and nothing that reads as a clinical note.

What we do

What we deliver for doctors and general clinics.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A patient register with the fields that matter

    Name, mobile number, family members linked, visit type, last visit, next due date, source and consent, kept in a spreadsheet or a clinic tool the front desk already uses.

    Result: The receptionist can find any family and their next due date in one place.

  2. Visit-type tags

    Labels for acute visit, chronic care, vaccination, health check and home service, applied at each visit.

    Result: You can list everyone due for a vaccination or check without searching bills.

  3. A consent record

    A line at registration that asks whether the patient agrees to reminders and by which channel, stored with the date.

    Result: Every message sent can be traced to a patient who said yes.

  4. Source tracking for new patients

    A question at registration on how the patient found the clinic, recorded as Maps, a neighbour, the pharmacy, a specialist or the website.

    Result: You can see which route brings families and which only brings calls.

  5. Front desk routine for updating the register

    A short end-of-day habit for adding new patients and next due dates, with a named person responsible.

    Result: The register is current when the doctor asks who is due this week.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

Fields a clinic should keep for each family, and who fills them.

Family and the contact who books
The receptionist enters the parent, spouse or adult child who rings, since the person who books is not always the patient.
Reason for the visit, in plain words
The receptionist notes fever, review or vaccination, never a diagnosis, so the record stays a sales aid and not a second medical file.
Next visit due and who asked
The doctor or nurse sets the date for a chronic patient or a vaccination, which lets the desk ring the family before they drift away.
Consent for reminders
The receptionist records whether the family agreed to messages and on which number, with the date, before any reminder is sent.
How the family found the clinic
Chosen from a short list at registration, it shows whether the listing, a neighbour or the pharmacist is sending families.

Who it is for

This is written for these doctors and general clinics.

  • Single-doctor family and general practice clinics
  • Polyclinics with visiting consultants
  • Physicians and internal medicine consultants in private practice
  • Paediatric and child health clinics
  • Diabetes and lifestyle disease clinics
  • Home visit doctors and home nursing services
  • Home sample collection and diagnostic partner centres
  • Medical equipment rental and home care providers
  • Corporate and occupational health service providers

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • The clinic sees few enough patients that a notebook kept well does the same work, and software would be an unused expense.
  • The record would hold diagnoses or prescriptions, which belong in the clinical record under stricter care.
  • Nobody is named to keep the dates up to date, and a due list that is wrong sends reminders to the wrong families.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Tell us what you need
Do we need special software?
Not to begin. A well-kept sheet with the right columns serves a single-doctor clinic, and a clinic management tool can replace it when the volume needs it. We set up whichever your front desk will actually keep updated.
Is it safe to keep patient phone numbers in a CRM?
Treat contact and visit details as sensitive. Limit who can open the register, avoid sharing it on chat groups and keep clinical notes out of it. Data protection rules apply to clinics, so confirm the current position with your own adviser.
Can the CRM send the reminders itself?
Yes, if the tool supports it, and only to patients who have agreed. A clinic can start with a list pulled from the register and sent by the receptionist, then automate once the wording and consent record are settled.
Who should be allowed to see the family records?
The receptionist and the doctor, and no one else. Give each person their own login and remove it when they leave. Patient phone numbers are private information, and rules on health data differ, so check your own adviser before storing more than names, numbers and dates.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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