Published by Clinic Admin Tools UK · Independent practice-admin content · Not clinical advice
Room turnaround time calculator
Work out buffer time between back-to-back appointments from slot spacing and treatment length.
Introduction
Turnaround is the gap left for cleaning, notes, and patient changeover between consecutive bookings. Subtract average hands-on or in-room treatment time from the fixed spacing between appointment start times.
If turnaround is negative on paper, your diary is physically overbooked for the slot length you entered.
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Context and how to use this
Turnaround is the gap between consecutive appointment start times minus the time the room is occupied. Negative numbers signal an over-tight diary on paper.
Real life includes patient mobility and cleaning standards—use conservative treatment durations.
Common questions
- Does this include cleaning SOPs?
- Only if you bake cleaning minutes into “treatment” or extend turnaround explicitly in your inputs.
- Staggered rooms?
- Run per-room assumptions if start grids differ.
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