INTERACTIVE CAPACITY PLANNER
Make the assumptions visible.
Compare two illustrative outpatient-service scenarios. Explore time and room capacity without entering patient information.
Formula & limitations
Parallel resources = min(clinicians, rooms). All rooms are assumed available for the same hours as each clinician. One room and one clinician are required per appointment.
Bookable appointments = parallel resources × hours per week × 60 ÷ minutes per appointment × bookable share.
Potential attended visits = bookable appointments × (1 − non-attendance share). Displayed as whole visits, rounded down.
Gap = max(0, target visits − potential attended visits).
Parallel resources required for target = ceiling(target ÷ attended capacity per resource).
The model assumes identical appointment durations and parallel resources. It excludes acuity, skill mix, breaks beyond the bookable-share assumption, equipment, infection control, stochastic demand, rescheduling, supporting staff and local service standards. More clinicians alone do not add capacity when rooms are the bottleneck. No scenario is presented as an operational recommendation.
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