Late cancellation revenue recovery calculator
Compare potential recovery from late cancellation fees against lost session value.
What this calculator covers
This late cancellation revenue recovery calculator is publisher content for UK private clinics, therapists, and physios. You supply late cancellations you charged for, average fee collected, and full session fee (for comparison). It reports estimated gross recovery and gross value if sessions had run using the simplified assumptions described below—not as a substitute for an accountant, solicitor, or clinical record.
When patients cancel inside policy, clinics sometimes charge a partial fee. Estimate total recovery by multiplying successful charges by your policy amount.
Contrast this with full session value to discuss whether policies and communication need tightening—not as legal advice.
What this model does not do
This late cancellation revenue recovery calculator is original publisher copy for UK private clinic administration. It does not classify employment status, IR35, pensions, or VAT, and a percentage split is not a payroll instruction.
The form cannot see your contracts, payer mix, or diary software. If a clause matters and there is no field for it, the output will not include it.
How this model defines the inputs
These notes are specific to the late cancellation revenue recovery calculator, not a generic form template. Use the same definitions you already use in the diary or management accounts.
- Late cancellations you charged for
- Enter late cancellations you charged for using the same definition you use in your clinic records.
- Average fee collected
- Enter average fee collected using the same definition you use in your clinic records.
- Full session fee (for comparison)
- Enter full session fee (for comparison) using the same definition you use in your clinic records.
Calculator
Enter your figures below. Results update as you type, in your browser—we do not receive the numbers you enter.
Tip: Use whole numbers or up to two decimal places. Results update instantly.
How it works
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Enter late cancellations you charged for
For this Late cancellation revenue recovery model, enter late cancellations you charged for, average fee collected, and full session fee (for comparison). Keep those definitions consistent with your diary or management accounts.
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Read estimated gross recovery
The late cancellation revenue recovery model then reports estimated gross recovery and gross value if sessions had run. The arithmetic runs in your browser; we do not receive the numbers you type.
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Check against fees, payroll & splits records
Treat estimated gross recovery and gross value if sessions had run as planning figures for fees, payroll & splits conversations, then confirm VAT, contracts, and filings with your own records and qualified advisers.
Context and how to use this
Compares fee income you collected on late cancellations with the counterfactual full session value. The gap motivates policy and communication reviews.
It does not measure patient satisfaction or reputational risk.
Common questions
- Should recovery equal full session value?
- Rarely. Policies often charge a partial fee; the comparison shows how close you get to a fully utilised slot.
- Partial refunds?
- Use net collected per event in the recovery field if that is what you actually bank.
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