When booking a patient an appointment or consultation, you can easily find a date and time by using the Find available time slot feature in the Appointments calendar.

Note: To create patient bookings, you must have a role assigned to you that gives you editing permissions for Bookings. For more information on roles, see here.

To book a patient into the next available time slot:

1. Click New.

2. Fill in the basic details of the appointment as you normally would.

4. Select a patient registered to your practice, or choose to create a New patient.

3. Go to the Time section, and click the search icon.

4. Select a date and time from the Find available time slot window.

5. Finish booking the appointment as you normally would.

The patient is now booked into the Appointments calendar. You can edit or cancel this appointment at any time.