Overlapping appointments?

If your model allows double-booking with aides, this simple formula understates capacity—adjust session length downward to reflect net room occupancy.

Different session lengths per room?

Use a weighted average or run per-room scenarios manually.

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Capacity planner for clinic rooms

Estimate maximum weekly sessions from room count, opening hours, and average session length.

Introduction

Rough capacity equals the number of rooms multiplied by how many sessions fit in each room’s weekly schedule. Divide open hours by session length to get sessions per room, then scale.

Real schedules lose capacity to staggered starts, breaks, and uneven demand—treat the output as physical ceiling, not a sales target.

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Treatment rooms

Open hours per room per week

(hrs)

Average session length

(min)

Results

Maximum sessions per week (theoretical) —

Context and how to use this

Theoretical capacity multiplies rooms by sessions per room per week from open hours and average session length. Demand and stagger limits real utilisation.

Treat the output as a physical ceiling, not a sales goal.

Common questions

Overlapping appointments?: If your model allows double-booking with aides, this simple formula understates capacity—adjust session length downward to reflect net room occupancy.
Different session lengths per room?: Use a weighted average or run per-room scenarios manually.

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