Book a Healthcare Appointment in 60 Seconds with Zesty

LONDON, May 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

New healthcare-on-demand service provides quick access to thousands of private and NHS practice appointments online 

Zesty is today launching the first free healthcare appointment booking service of its kind in the UK. Initially available in London, Zesty.co.uk provides users with access to 10,000+ available appointments every day across a combination of private and NHS practices, from GPs to Dentists, Podiatrists to Physiotherapists.

Zesty provides an innovative new way to book an appointment in under 60 seconds at a time and location that suits you; either through Zesty.co.uk, the mobile optimised website or through a quick call to 0203-287-5416. Zesty users have access to a list of appointments with qualified and consumer reviewed healthcare professionals.

To book an appointment users simply provide their name, email address and contact telephone number. Zesty never asks for additional information such as symptoms and reasons for booking and any information provided is only ever shared with the intended healthcare professional.

Appointments are frequently cancelled during the day and previously healthcare providers have struggled to fill these at short notice, which is why Zesty has teamed up with private and NHS clinics to make these appointments available to the general public.

Zesty provides consumers with access to two types of appointments, regular available appointments and last minute cancelled ones which are then re published and made available. Zesty allows healthcare professionals to fill their cancelled and rescheduled slots in real time. This in turn makes everyone's day more efficient; practices, patients and receptionists.

Zesty allows users to do the following:

• Find a Health Provider - Zesty makes it easy to find primary healthcare services. Whether it's a private GP, a dentist or a physiotherapist, Zesty can find an appointment at a time and location that's convenient for you in London

• Read Reviews - Users can choose from 1000+ trusted healthcare professionals and read consumer reviews containing valuable feedback from real people

• Book Online 24/7 - Never be on hold for healthcare again! Choose a healthcare provider, location and appointment time convenient to you and book online, on your smartphone/tablet or computer.

Lloyd Price, Co Founder of Zesty, comments: "Every day thousands of healthcare professionals are left with gaps in their schedule due to last minute cancellations, but at the same time people struggling to get an appointment regularly hit the headlines. By providing users with access to these appointments Zesty is unlocking this lost time for the first time, allowing people to see a healthcare professional in seconds at a time and location that suits them. Whether you want to book a check-up on your lunch-break, or if you want to get your teeth whitened a few days before your friends wedding, Zesty provides flexible 24/7 access to trusted healthcare professionals."

Zesty currently provides access to over 10,000 appointments a day, from a range of healthcare services including; physiotherapy, osteopathy, private doctors, NHS and private dentistry, NHS and private sexual health clinics, facial rejuvenation and dermatology. Zesty is constantly adding new clinics and services due to huge public demand for improved access to healthcare outside of traditional offices hours, in the morning, after work in the evening and at weekends. Currently available in London, Zesty has plans to expand its service across the UK in the near future.

Analysis by the Royal College of GPs found that last year 47 million GP appointments involved a wait of at least seven days to see a doctor or nurse. This is up 17 per cent from the 2012 figure of 40 million. If this trend continues next year 57 million GP appointments will involve a wait of a week or more.

About Zesty: 

With Zesty, users can search by location, read ratings and reviews, choose an available appointment and then book online in less than 60 seconds. Zesty launched as a Beta in May 2013 into the UK dental market and has since established itself as a trusted and reliable service for its Beta users.

Zesty is also expanding into new healthcare services including physiotherapy, osteopathy, private doctors, facial rejuvenation and dermatology due to high demand from the public.

Notes to Editors: 

Comments from Zesty healthcare providers: 

Dr Dush Gunaskera - former GP,co-founder of MyHealthcare Clinic
"Zesty neatly fulfils our requirements for providing quick access to potential patients. Potential patients can book on their smartphone with one of our GP's and come see someone the same day. We actually already use an online booking system from our own site but don't have the reach of something like Zesty. We're not competing with them they're simply delivering the patients to us."

Dr Antonia (Toni) Paolella | BDS(Lond).LDSRCS(Eng). - The Gentle Dentist 

"My staff have given me very positive feedback that our booking uptake has greatly increased since we have been with Zesty. Why that is so? I think it's in part because nervous patients find it very much easier sometimes to book an online appointment rather than pick up the telephone. They just can't summon up the verbals to enable them to come in to seek advice and help."

Jonathan Grice MOst, DO -Principal Osteopath at Evolved Clinic 

"I have had a couple of people assess me, review me, I encourage them to do that. It's essential, and it's the only way people really understand you, or can assess you is either, by word of mouth which is very limited, to the people that you know, or by looking you up online and if you have got no identity online, then essentially they don't know."

Dr Tom Biswas - Open Dental Clinic 

"Appointments just pop up, the email combines with the email we get from patients who are looking for new appointments and they get handled in the same way. The best part from our point of view is that the people who wouldn't have seen us before are coming in to the system. As the way the world changes some of the people who have actually come through are older, they are not actually in the 25-40 age banner."

Zesty Additional Information: 

Zesty is the UK's leading online healthcare appointment booking service backed by Mangrove Capital Partners, TA Ventures and ABRT Fund. Launched in May 2013, Zesty is currently available as a Beta in London; operating in 6 Healthcare markets and plans to expand Nationwide across the UK in 2014 into a total of 25 Healthcare markets.

Zesty's mission is to make access to Healthcare appointments a lot easier for consumers.

Zesty's vision is to make booking your next Healthcare appointment as easy as booking a Flight, Hotel or Restaurant online.