There's a hard date on the calendar now: Best Practice is switching off BP Allied on 31 July 2026. After that day there are no updates, no fixes, and no support.
If your clinic runs on BP Allied, the deadline isn't up for negotiation — but how you respond entirely is. This is a practical plan for moving on well before the cut-off, without losing a day of clinic time, plus an honest look at where Nookal fits in.
The most expensive mistake is treating 31 July 2026 as the day to switch. It's the day to already be off. Past it, BP Allied is frozen:
Your data doesn't disappear on 1 August — but getting it into a supported platform is now your responsibility, and the clinics that handle this calmly are the ones that start early.
Whatever you choose, put it through the same questions. A replacement worth its salt should answer yes to all of these:
Use that list on every vendor you trial — Nookal included.
Nookal is made for allied health clinics — physios, psychologists, OTs, podiatrists, speech therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, dietitians and Pilates studios — and it answers each of those questions:
The data move sounds daunting and rarely is — especially with time in hand. A sensible sequence:
There's no need to flip everything overnight — most clinics ease across over a week or two, so the team stays comfortable the whole way.
The software won't vanish on 1 August, but you'd be running an unsupported, unpatched clinical system with no one to call. For a practice holding health data, that's a risk that only grows. Treat the deadline as firm.
No — early is the whole advantage. Trialling now means you choose on your terms, instead of scrambling in July when every other BP Allied clinic is doing the same.
You export them. Bring the straightforward records into Nookal yourself, and our team takes care of clinical notes and history so nothing important is left behind.
It shouldn't. Set Nookal up and test it while BP Allied is still running, then switch when you're ready — there's no day where the clinic goes dark.
Yes — along with private billing and online payments, and it connects to Xero for your accounting.
From AUD $55 per practitioner per month (excluding GST), scaling as you add practitioners, with a 30-day free trial. Usage-based items like SMS and Medicare claims are billed as you use them. See nookal.com/pricing for current rates.
The 31 July 2026 date is fixed; the stress around it is optional. Begin now, trial Nookal against the way your clinic actually works, and switch with months to spare.