The Kay & Co. resource library

Software & apps resources

Define the right product, compare build and buy options, and plan software around the people who will use it.

Explore a topic

31 resources

Planning, costs & suppliers

Explain what your practice needs, compare quotes fairly and know what your supplier will deliver.

Inside this topicHow to explain your website or digital project to a supplier · How to compare quotes for a healthcare app

90 resources

Booking & enquiries

Help people request appointments, follow up, prepare for visits and understand what happens next.

Inside this topicChoosing a booking system patients and staff can use · Tell patients when to expect a reply

56 resources

Forms & online requests

Help visitors send an enquiry, correct a mistake and finish an online task without getting stuck.

Inside this topicKeep form questions visible while patients answer · Take patients straight to the form detail that needs fixing

81 resources

Accessibility & mobile use

Make your website easier to read and use, including on phones and with tools that help people with disabilities.

Inside this topicMaking your practice website easier for everyone to use · Make page headings useful for people who listen to the website

47 resources

Marketing results & reports

Understand what your reports are counting and whether your marketing is bringing useful enquiries.

Inside this topicIs your marketing bringing the right enquiries? · Avoid counting confirmation-page reloads as new enquiries

51 resources

Software & practice operations

Choose systems that help your team manage staff, documents, enquiries and everyday administration.

Inside this topicDoes your practice need new software? · Choosing a system to track enquiries and follow-ups

The complete list

Software & apps resources

Showing 1–24 of 86 resources, ordered by title.

Marketing results & reports Planning worksheet

Agree what the numbers on your dashboard mean

Two managers receive different enquiry totals because their dashboards use different definitions. Different enquiry totals often begin with different…

Marketing results & reports Planning worksheet

Compare clinic performance with the right context

A central report compares locations that deliver different services and have different opening patterns. A three-day clinic may not compare meaningfully…

Marketing results & reports Planning worksheet

Compare training progress fairly between teams

A department appears less complete because its staff have more assigned requirements than another team. Departments can have different training…

Forms & online requests Practical guide

Distinguish a saved draft from a sent enquiry

A draft-saving indicator can be mistaken for final submission, particularly when both actions use a green success message. Visitors may leave believing the…

Software & practice operations Guide

Does your practice need new software?

When staff spend their day copying information, chasing missing details or working around an awkward system, new software can sound like the obvious answer.…

Accessibility & mobile use Practical guide

Explain status labels in words as well as colours

Green, amber and red badges can convey different things to different visitors. Without readable state labels, a request list may be impossible to interpret…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Explain the context behind feedback scores

Managers compare satisfaction figures from different questions and survey channels as if they were equivalent. A score may change because its question,…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Explain what completed training actually means

An attendance record is treated as proof that a staff member completed every required assessment. Attendance, course completion and assessment results may…

Planning, costs & suppliers Planning worksheet

Find the agreed contract and its amendments

Teams use different copies of a supplier agreement and cannot identify which amendment applies. A newer filename does not necessarily mean a newer…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Give billing questions a clear owner

Patients or partners raise an invoice question but the query is passed between reception and finance. An invoice question becomes frustrating when each…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Give clinic managers the right rota access

A local manager can inadvertently edit shifts at another clinic because access is granted to the whole group. A manager covering one clinic should not have…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Give each incident report a clear reviewer

A submitted day-to-day incident sits in a queue because every manager assumes someone else is reviewing it. A shared queue can hide the assumption that…

Marketing results & reports Planning worksheet

Give each team the right dashboard view

A group-wide report exposes information that a local team does not need for its work. Local managers need useful clinic information without necessarily…

Software & practice operations Planning worksheet

Give staff guidance a clear owner and review date

Staff find a useful answer but cannot tell whether it is still approved or who can correct it. Search results can look official even when nobody has…