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Built inside a real practice, run by the person who answers its phone
I'm Gavin Winstanley. I own Winstanley & Son, an independent practice in Dingle, Liverpool, trading since 1998. Crewley is the set of agents I built to run it, before it was anything I sold to anyone else.
Gavin explains
“I wanted every person on my floor facing patients, not chasing a lab portal.”
Why I built it
I wanted everyone on my floor facing patients.
The practice was getting busier, and the honest maths of hiring troubled me. Not because staff cost money, but because of what the job would actually be. I didn't want to pay good people to chase lab orders and untangle lens pricing errors. Automating that admin was the only way I could see to hire well.
“Our AI didn't replace anyone. It's the reason we're hiring.”
Now that agents carry the admin, a new hire walks into a different job. The chasing, ringing and confirming has already happened, so the only thing left to think about is the patient in front of them.
In the workshop
The time goes back to the work that matters.
What I stand by
How I work with your practice.
- It runs in my practice firstEverything in the founding offer runs at Winstanley & Son. When something misbehaves, I'm the first to hear about it.
- Your records stay where they areYour practice management software stays. Clinical records never leave it. Crewley runs the work around it.
- One practice per areaExclusivity is guaranteed six months at a time and renews for as long as you're a client.
More about me
Questions owners ask me.
What did you find when you looked properly at your own practice?
Building the agents turned into an audit I wasn't expecting. It found recall flags that a housekeeping setting had quietly switched off, and nobody had noticed because no dashboard flagged it. That's why the audit is the first thing I offer every practice. The full story is on the case study page.
What runs at Winstanley & Son today?
Nine agents ran live by August 2026, covering reception, patient messaging, the phone, document intake and daily reporting. Recall, the late-order board and collections have gone live since.
Can an AI agent pass for a person?
In my opinion, nothing on the market can yet, ours included. Crewley uses the latest voice and language technology, but I don't believe anything beats a real person for building a relationship. Every call says it may be automated. Read the Honest AI position.
Why an owner, not an agency?
Practice owners trust people who've already used what's being sold. I built this for my own family's practice because I was the one answering the phone. The practice's real edge has always been its location, its NHS contract and its reputation. The agents protect that.
Can I come and see it?
Yes. You're welcome to stand in the practice and watch it run.