The Outpatient Forecasting Tool gives you a forward view of how your outpatient waiting list is likely to change over time. It uses your current waiting list, historical additions and removals, and target treatment timeframes to project:
- how many patients will be on the list in future weeks
- how many of those are expected to become long waits
- how this varies by facility, specialty and category
You can then create scenarios with one or more strategies – for example, adding extra clinics, outsourcing activity or targeting specific categories – to see how those changes are expected to impact your total waits and long waits over the coming months.
This helps teams:
- test different booking and capacity plans before putting them in place
- quantify the impact of proposed strategies on long waits
- support capacity and resource planning, investment decisions and performance discussions
Clickthrough guide
Use the interactive clickthrough guide below to see the Outpatient Forecasting Tool in action.
This short walkthrough shows you how to:
- navigate the component and apply filters
- interpret the key tiles and charts that summarise future waitlist positions
- create and compare scenarios to see how different strategies may reduce your waitlist and long waits
Want a detailed breakdown?
If you’d like a more detailed look at every filter, chart, and tile in this component, you can download the Outpatient Forecasting Tool Guide below.
📎 Download: Outpatient Forecasting Tool Guide