Domiciliary podiatry scheduling
Mobile podiatrist booking software with travel time between home visits
CalMov is mobile podiatrist booking software that helps a solo podiatrist or chiropodist offer bookable home visits, with enough time for each appointment and the drive between patients. It handles booking, travel and the forms and notes around each visit; it is not a clinical record or patient-management system.
Common scheduling problems
Home visits are spread out
Journey time varies between patients, so the same free hour can work for one address and not for another.
Visit lengths need protecting
A routine visit and a longer first appointment need different amounts of time before you can set off again.
Late arrivals affect the rest of the round
One unrealistic gap can make you late for every patient after it.
How CalMov helps
Home-visit address collection
The person booking enters the visit address before choosing a time, so the times offered allow for your other visits.
Appointment types with their own length
Set a duration for each type of visit. Include time to set up, wash your hands, update your own records and pack away.
Travel checked before and after each visit
CalMov checks the journey from the previous booking and the time needed to reach the next one.
Working hours, notice and time off
Control bookable hours, breaks, minimum booking notice and the days you are unavailable.
Service area limits
Set a maximum distance from your base in miles or a maximum travel time per journey, so patients outside your area are not offered times.
The toolkit
Built for mobile podiatrists: your toolkit
Tools for the practical side of home visits: routine care booked on time, what you need to know first and how you get in. Nothing is switched on until you choose it, and any tool can be switched off again without losing anything.
Rebooking reminders
Routine care reminders every 6 to 8 weeks
Each service has its own number of weeks, filled in as 6 for podiatrists and yours to change to 8. About a week before a patient is due, CalMov emails a link that opens your booking page on the same appointment around the due date. It's one email per visit, and never to a patient who has already booked again.
The email, sent for you
Due in a weekSam is due again 6 weeks after the last visit.
Your next visit is due
Time to book again
Hi Sam,
Your next Routine footcare with Step Well Podiatry is due around Monday 16 November. Choose a time that suits you.
Your last visit
Sent by CalMov for Step Well Podiatry.
Home
Forms after booking
Private health questions, seen only by you and your admins
Ask about diabetes, circulation problems or blood-thinning medication in a short form linked in the confirmation email, due a day before the visit. Mark the question Private and the answer is never in emails, notifications or calendar events. Clinical records stay in your own clinical system.
The confirmation email
You're booked in
Booking confirmed
Hi Sam,
Your appointment
Step Well Podiatry needs a few details before your visit. Please fill in the short form by Sunday 11 October 2026 at 10:00.
Fill in the formSent by CalMov for Step Well Podiatry.
Site & access
Key safe codes and access, shown on the day
The patient, or the relative booking for them, answers ready-made questions on parking and how to get in, and the answers are saved to the address. A door or key safe code is stored separately, seen only by you and your admins, and shown only on the day of the visit.
The form after booking
Step Well Podiatry
Before your visit
Also there when you need it
Health form
A health form or referral checked first
Set a service to need something, such as your health form or a referral, and how long a pass lasts. A health form check is passed when the patient completes your form after booking. For a referral, the patient can send a photo of the letter as they book (Pro) and you accept it or not, or you see it and record Passed yourself.
Visit records
Visit notes for timings
Start job runs a timer against the estimate and keeps practical notes, such as what delayed the visit. On Pro, a checklist covers checking the health form, treatment and footcare advice.
Patient profiles
Patient profiles, with access needs highlighted
A relative saves the patient's profile once and picks it next time. "Mobility or access needs" can be highlighted, so it shows on every booking as "Important for this appointment".
Only switch on what you need
Every tool starts switched off. Switch one on in Toolkit when you want it, and switch it off again without losing anything you've saved. Your booking page only changes when you change it.
An example day
A morning of routine home visits
- 1. Mrs Patel's daughter gets a reminder email about a week before her mother's routine care is due. The link opens your booking page on the same appointment, around the due date.
- 2. She enters the address and sees only the times you can reach between your other patients.
- 3. She picks her mother's saved profile. "Uses a walking frame, allow time to answer the door" is highlighted on the booking.
- 4. The form after booking asks the Private question about diabetes, circulation and medication. Only you and your admins can see her answer.
- 5. 9:00am on the day: your first visit. The calendar shows the drive to Mrs Patel's between the two appointments.
- 6. 9:50am: the key safe code shows on the booking, today only. You tap Start job and the timer runs.
- 7. Finish job with a practical note for next time. Clinical notes go in your clinical system as usual.
How booking works
Plan a round of podiatry home visits
Set up your visit types and area once. After that, the patient's address and your existing bookings decide which times are offered.
- 1.
Create a service for each visit type
For example, a routine foot care visit and a longer first appointment. Include setup, hand hygiene, updating your records and packing away in each duration.
- 2.
Choose your area and hours
Set working hours and breaks, then add a maximum distance from your base or a maximum travel time per journey.
- 3.
Allow for parking and getting inside
Use extra travel time for parking, signing in or waiting to be let in. Set minimum booking notice so you are not booked before you can reach a new address.
- 4.
Let the address set the times
The person booking enters the address, chooses a visit type and picks a time that fits. Lite allows a fixed gap you set; Pro checks roads and expected traffic for the journeys around the visit.
Before you choose
Is CalMov right for you?
CalMov can support appointment availability for a solo podiatrist travelling between home visits, but it is not a clinical system. It handles booking, private questions after booking, a health form check those answers can pass, and practical visit notes; assessment, consent, care plans, clinical records, safeguarding and professional obligations stay in your own clinical processes and software.
A good fit when
- You need address-based availability for one practitioner making planned visits.
- Appointment types can use scheduling durations without clinical detail in CalMov.
- You maintain clinical records and governance in a separate suitable system.
You may need another system if
- You need patient records, clinical templates, triage or care-plan management.
- You need several clinicians, emergency visits or complex caseload allocation.
Frequently asked questions
Does CalMov store podiatry clinical records?
No. CalMov is not a clinical records, consent, diagnosis or treatment-notes system. Use appropriate specialist software for regulated clinical information.
Can CalMov schedule podiatry home visits?
Yes, for planned visits that patients or their families book. CalMov uses the visit length, your working hours, the address and your travel settings to decide which times to offer.
Can a relative book on a patient's behalf?
Yes. The person booking can enter the patient's address and answer your questions about the person being seen, such as access notes. Important answers can be highlighted so they stand out on the booking.
Can I stop bookings from too far away?
Yes. Set a maximum distance from your base in miles, a maximum travel time per journey, or both.
Is CalMov a multi-practitioner clinic system?
Not currently. One active practitioner can take bookings per business.
Can I change how often patients are reminded?
Yes. Each service has its own number of weeks, so routine care can be 6 or 8 and another service can send no reminders at all. Every email has a stop link, and you can switch automatic sending off and send links yourself from Home.
Who can see a patient's health answers and key safe code?
Only you and your admins. Private answers and door or key safe codes are never in emails, notifications or calendar events, and a code is shown only on the day of the booking.
What is the health form check for?
It records that a patient has completed your health form. Met by your form after booking, it's passed when they complete the form and never stops a booking. If you'd rather see the form before a patient books, record it yourself instead: they can't book that service online until you record Passed, and CalMov can email them that they can now book. If you book a patient in yourself, you're warned and can go ahead.