Cancels Tab

SEE ALSO: icon_VideoBlog_13x12px Portal blog "Are you managing Cancelled Appointments correctly?' Open in New Window icon which includes separate videos on:

  • Creating Cancellation Reasons
  • Cancelling Appointments to the Clipboard
  • Cancelling Appointments Using the Short Notice List
  • Managing the Cancels Tab
  • Cancelling Appointments Using the Do Not Rebook Option
  • Viewing Cancelled Appointment Statistics via the Appointment Analysis Report

When an appointment is marked as cancelled, it is removed from the View Day area and stored in the Cancels Tab.

The Cancels Tab enables the practice to easily phone and rebook patients who have cancelled:

Cancels tab example

To rebook an appointment from the Cancels tab

To mark a cancelled appointment as Not To Be Rebooked

See If a patient does not wish to re-book a Cancelled appointment

Cancelled Appointment states

Cancelled Appointment – Default colour.


Cancelled Appointment – Various colours (various colours can be set to indicate cancellation reasons, e.g. blue = practice cancelled appointment, as opposed to patient cancelling.

Rebooked Appointment.

No Rebook Appointment.

This is listed in the Patient Recalls Tab and in This Patient's Appointments list in the Edit Appointment window.

To change the Appointment Status

You can change the appointment status by highlighting a patient in the cancels list, then selecting a status from the Appt Status drop-down list:

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More on this topic...

Cancelling Appointments

Managing Cancellation Reasons and Notes

Re-booking a cancelled appointment

If a patient does not wish to re-book a Cancelled appointment

See also...

Tabs in the Multi Column Appointment Book

Follow Up Tab

Contact Lists Tab

Arrivals Tab

Departures Tab

Appointment Book Recalls Tab

Using the EXACT Online Appointments tab

Hold List

Booking Family Appointments

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Cancelling Appointments