Cancelling a procedure, theatre booking, or preadmission

You can cancel procedures from Patient Detail > Patient admin, or from Patient Detail > Procedures. You can cancel a patient's procedure before the patient has been sent for.

  • If you cancel an elective procedure with a theatre booking, you can choose to return the patient to a waiting list.

    If the procedure has an associated theatre booking and preadmission, the theatre booking and preadmission are automatically cancelled.

    The patient isn't discharged. If the patient has a referral, you can discharge the patient when you cancel their referral from Patient Detail > Patient admin > Show pathways > Referrals. You can also manually close an episode of care and discharge the patient.

    Read about cancelling a referral and discharging a patient

    Read about manually closing an episode of care

  • If you cancel an emergency procedure, the patient is removed from the emergency waiting list.

    You can cancel a theatre booking and return the patient to an emergency waiting list.

    Read about returning a patient to an emergency waiting list

You can reopen procedures that were cancelled in the last 12 hours from Patient Detail > Procedures. Depending on your permissions, you can reopen procedures any time after they were cancelled.

You can also edit or cancel a preadmission or theatre booking, without cancelling the procedure. You might:

  • Edit a preadmission to change the ward

    If the patient has a bed reservation, and you change the ward, Nervecentre clears the bed reservation.

    Read about editing preadmissions

  • Cancel a preadmission if the patient is already admitted and is having the procedure as part of their current admission

    If you cancel a preadmission that is associated with a procedure that has started or finished, Nervecentre doesn't cancel the procedure.

    Read about cancelling preadmissions

  • Edit a theatre booking to move both the preadmission and the theatre booking to a different day

    Read about editing a theatre booking

  • Cancel a theatre booking and add the procedure back to the waiting list

    Read about cancelling a theatre booking

Cancelling a procedure, theatre booking, or preadmission on a mobile

You can't do this on a mobile.

Cancelling a procedure, theatre booking, or preadmission on a desktop