Linked Appointment Warnings

Within Appointments you can create linked appointments, for example a recurring appointment for ongoing tests. A Linked appointment warning displays when changes are made in either Extension Plan or Ad hoc Book Management that affect linked appointments created in Appointments.

A warning icon displays in the toolbar:

  • - No Linked appointment warnings.

  • - Linked appointment warnings - The icon flashes on the toolbar for 10 seconds when you make changes that affect linked appointments.

Viewing Linked Appointment Warnings

To view Linked appointment warnings:

  1. From the toolbar at the top of the screen select Linked appointment warnings and the Linked appointment warnings screen displays:

  2. Complete as follows:

    • Select Link to view the changes to the linked appointments.

      See Viewing Linked Appointment Changes for more details.

    • Select Delete to delete the link.

    • Select View Patients Scheduled Appointments to view the patients scheduled appointments.

  3. Select either:

    • Clear list and close - To clear the warnings and close the Linked appointment warnings screen.

    • Close - To close the Linked appointment warnings screen without clearing the warnings.

Viewing Linked Appointment Changes

To view the Linked appointment changes screen:

  1. From the Linked appointment warnings screen, select Link and the Linked appointments changes screen displays:

    You can see from this example that the first linked appointment (12:00pm on the 21st October) is cancelled, and no longer displays under the After heading.

  2. Select Close to close the Linked appointments changes screen.

Examples of linked appointment changes:

Note - To print this topic select Print in the top right corner and follow the on-screen prompts.