The Podiatry Business Podcast

Hosted by Lorcan O Donaile, Podiatry Business Coach & Clinic Podiatrist

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200

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Jul 2026

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About the show

The podcast for Podiatry Clinic owners. Brought to your by Lorcan O Donaile, Podiatrist & Health Business Mentor. Discover how Lorcan O Donaile built a Clinic that allows his clinical hours to zero, take 4 holidays a year and spend more time with his family and doing the things he loves, all while increasing his profits by over 400%.👉The secrets on how to avoid the mistakes that means that most Podiatry Clinic Owners are chained to their stagnating businesses. 👉The tips to make the most of the patient's you already have, thus boosting your turnover before having to spend another cent on marketing. 👉A step by step system for hiring and retaining the best of staff.👉The process to follow to avoid wasting any more money on ineffective marketing. 👉The systems to get the new patient's you want beating a path to your clinic all on autopilot.👉How to devise the perfect pricing system to ethically boost your profits.👉The keys the giving your patient's the WOW customer experience. Lorcan O Donaile, Podiatry Business Coach has worked in private practice since qualifying from London Foot Hospital in 1998. Having set up his own clinic & almost losing everything he has rebuilt his business to one where his team now treat 500% more patient’s. This allows him to focus on helping other clinic owners to Earn More, Work Less & Enjoy Life in his Coaching Business www.morepracticeprofits.com

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July 29, 202634 min

Episode 201; Add 50% Profits To Your Podiatry Clinic In 6 Months

This podcast is a recording a a recent 30 min Workshop where Lorcan discussed the process to assess and measure the numbers in your clinic and how they affect your profits. He also give practial exercises to implem,ent in your podiatry clinic to alter these numbers and increase your profits. Tried and tested across podiatry clinics this formula when implemented yields a healthier podiatry business & greater profits

July 24, 202616 min

Ep 200; Why You Can’t Recruit Clinical Staff In Your Podiatry Clinic

Struggling to recruit clinical staff? It’s probably not “the market”—it’s your offer, your message, and your process. In this episode, we unpack the real reasons clinics can’t attract great clinicians: vague job ads, visible chaos, unclear pay, no career path, and slow hiring timelines. You’ll get a simple framework to make your clinic more attractive, move faster with candidates, and build a role clinicians actually want to say yes to.

July 17, 202616 min

Episode 199; How to know when it's the right time to recruit another podiatrist

Hiring another podiatrist can feel like the answer—until it becomes a new source of stress and sleepless nights. In this episode, we break down when it’s actually smart to take on more staff (and when it’s not). You’ll learn the 5 clear “green lights” that signal you’re ready to hire, how to avoid hiring into chaos, and which roles typically create the fastest leverage in a clinic. If you want growth without headaches, start here .

July 10, 202621 min

Episode 198; Squeezing In That Patient Is Keeping You Stuck

Squeezing in “just one more patient.” It feels responsible. It feels like good service. But it quietly keeps you trapped trading time for money — and it steals the hours you need to fix the real problems in the business. I’ll share a story from this week that proves it, then I’ll break down the mindset behind it and give you a simple way to protect CEO time so your podiatry clinic can actually grow.

July 3, 202621 min

Episode 197; Why I Sold My Podiatry Clinic (And What You Can Learn From It)

I sold a majority share of my podiatry clinic—and it didn’t happen at the “perfect” time. In this episode, I break down why I partnered up, how we’re scaling with new investors, and what it means to earn dividends now while securing a guaranteed exit when I’m ready to retire. More importantly, you’ll learn how to make your clinic attractive to buyers, build real leverage, and create options long before you ever want to sell.

June 26, 202621 min

Episode 196; “Why I Built a Virtual Version of Myself”

I just built a FREE virtual version of myself to give Podiatry Clinic Owners answers on how to help their podiatry business Podiatry Clinic Owners can now have a real conversation with Virtual Lorcan — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ask questions about their podiatry practice and get a bespoke, step-by-step plan showing exactly how to improve profits & business. In this episode I explain why charging for information is dead with the dawn of Chat-gpt etc and why your clinic needs to understand this what patients will pay for and why they will pay a premium if you do it right.

June 19, 202617 min

Episode 195;The Most Effective Podiatry Clinic Website in the AI Age

Most podiatry clinic websites are still built like it’s 2021. Home. About. Services. Contact. Looks nice… but it doesn’t convert. In the AI age, the most effective website is a 24/7 receptionist + triage + booking system — with AI-SEO built in. In ep 195 of The Pidiatry Business Podcast I break down: The old “brochure website” model (and why it fails now) What an AI-age website should do differently How AI agents can answer, triage, and convert patients 24/7

June 11, 202616 min

Episode 194; Fear Is Normal. Staying Stuck Is Optional.

Fear is a normal part of growth—especially when you’re running a podiatry clinic. When you’re working long days, carrying the pressure of patients and payroll, and still not seeing the income or freedom you expected, change can feel risky. But staying the same has a cost too: more hours, more stress, and the same results. In this episode, we’ll unpack why fear shows up, why it doesn’t mean “stop,” and the plan that helps you move forward anyway.

June 2, 202622 min

Epiode 193; Hiring Your Way Out of Chaos: How Podiatry Clinic Owners Get Their Time Back

If you’ve ever thought, “I just need to hire someone and everything will calm down,” this episode is for you. Because hiring doesn’t fix chaos — it amplifies it. If your clinic relies on you to answer every question, solve every problem, and keep every plate spinning, adding a new person won’t create freedom. Today I’ll show you how to hire with a system: clear roles, decision rights, and onboarding that stops you being the bottleneck.

May 26, 202612 min

EP 192; Are Your Staff Earning More Per Hour Than You?

Are your staff earning more per hour than you? It happens when you hire because demand is strong, but your pricing and systems don’t change to match the new wage bill. So the clinic gets busier, payroll gets bigger, and you’re left doing the most responsibility for the least reward. The tempting move is to throw fuel on the fire with Google Ads because surely the answer is just more new patient's. But if the numbers, capacity, and follow-up aren’t tight, you’re just pouring water into a leaky bucket. Let’s fix the leaks first—then scale with marketing.