New in Sessional: messaging, a compliance passport, earnings forecasting, and an assistant

We have shipped the biggest set of updates since launch. Four features, all built to do the same thing the rest of Sessional does: take the running-a-business admin off your plate so you can get on with the work.

Message practices without losing the thread

When a practice books you, you can now message each other in one place tied to that booking. The practice replies from the same link they use to confirm and pay, with no account needed on their side. Your replies land in your dashboard under the booking, so the back-and-forth about parking, login details, or a changed start time is not scattered across email and text.

Find it on any accepted booking under Requests.

Share your compliance documents with one link

Instead of emailing your DBS, indemnity, registration, and right-to-work to every new practice, bundle the ones you choose into a single link. The practice opens it, sees each document with its expiry, and you can revoke it at any time. You decide exactly what to include.

One thing worth being clear about: Sessional does not check or verify your documents. It shares what you select. Confirming they are genuine and current stays with you and the practice, the same as if you had emailed them.

Find it under Documents, then Compliance passport. Available on Plus.

See where your year is heading

Your earnings page now projects your full tax year from the sessions you have logged, and shows the amount worth setting aside for tax. It handles sole-trader and limited-company work separately, so the figure reflects how you actually work. Alongside it, a rate benchmark shows how your typical rate compares with other locums in your profession, drawn anonymously and only when there are enough of them to keep it private.

Find it on the Earnings page. Available on Plus.

Ask the assistant about your own figures

There is now an assistant you can ask plain questions about your own work: how much to set aside for tax, how many sessions to reach an income target at your average session value, or which workplaces pay you best. It answers from your own data and our help content, and points you to a professional for anything that needs regulated advice. It is general information, not financial or tax advice, so check anything before you act on it.

Find it under Assistant in your dashboard. Available on Plus.

Worth saying plainly

None of this replaces your accountant or your judgement. It just means less of the admin lands on you. If something does not work the way you expect, tell us from the feedback button in the app.