Review signals
Google states that review count and score factor into local ranking. It publishes no weight. What is left is a process you can run without breaching any rule.
02 / 03Replying to reviews
Acknowledge, do not confirm, move it private. Three moves that work for every review a clinic will ever receive.
03 / 03UK advertising rules
The CAP Code, the MHRA, the professional regulators and the CQC between them decide what a clinic page can say before anyone asks whether it ranks.
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Briefings when the surfaces change
Documented changes only, roughly monthly. No rankings and no numbers we cannot source.