Dear Ashley,
I was sorry to read that you were unhappy with your discovery call. My name is Kit, I am the clinic manager. I have listened to the call recording; let me reply to your concerns one by one.
1. Firstly, I would like to apologise that you were not offered a complimentary Discovery Consultation by my colleague.
A Discovery Consultation is where our Patient Consultant examines the patient's skin in person, discusses different options, how the Eudelo Method is different, and also triages the patient into booking with a dermatologist (if the skin concern is of a medical nature) or directly for in-clinic treatments. A Discovery Consultation is also what the patients in the testimonials you mention experienced (they may have started with a discovery phone call, but then went on to have a Discovery Consultation).
As the skin condition you reported is of a medical nature and typically benefits from prescription creams, my colleague went straight to recommending a dermatologist consultation (which naturally is a paid consultation). This is because she felt that the Patient Consultant would recommend the same, so going directly would save you a step.
However, she should have also offered you a Discovery Consultation as an alternative, should you not be ready to book straight with the dermatologist, or want to find out more about us first. This is our clinic policy. When I raised this with my colleague, she clarified that she was about to come to that when you put down the phone on her (which happened three and a half minutes into the call according to our phone log, at which point you became a little frustrated and impatient).
We have since provided further training to this colleague and are of course happy to book you for a complimentary Discovery Consultation with skin analysis in clinic.
2. I note from your review that you were unhappy that the call was late.
Apologies about the misunderstanding - so, the 15-minutes slot given was actually meant as a 15-min. window, within which we will call, not the duration of the call. The reason why we give a 15-min window is that due to the nature of our business, it's not possible to predict how long exactly the previous call will last (sometimes it's 10 min., sometimes it's 30), so we prefer to say we will call within a 15-minute window to avoid disappointment. Unfortunately, we cannot be more specific, as we aim to give patients as much time as they need, without cutting them short.
In your case, the 15-min. window was 09:20h - 09:35h, and we called at 09:28h. Having said that, thank you for making us aware that it was not clear that the 15min. window is the starting time. I am in contact with our IT team to adjust the wording to make it clearer.
3. You were unhappy that my colleague started the conversation by asking what your skin concern was, although you had already mentioned this in the online booking form.
When I listened to the call recording, this question came across to me as a normal, polite start of a conversation. Also, things may have changed since you filled in that booking form, so it's good practice to start a new conversation with that question and to hear the story again in the patient's own words.
And if you were to come and see one of our dermatologists in clinic, even though they will have read previous notes, they will very likely also start their conversation by asking again what your skin concern is and how they can be of service. I hope this makes sense.
In summary, I am more than happy to book you for a complimentary Discovery Consultation with skin analysis. Just reply to our email and I will personally arrange that for you.
Should you decide not to take up this offer, I wish you all the best for your skin journey and hope that you can find a dermatology clinic that can meet your expectations.
In any case, I hope you are enjoying the complimentary book we sent you prior to your call.
Best wishes,
Kit,
Clinic Manager