In plain English
It means a booked healthcare visit or service was called off too close to the planned time. The cancellation happened after the required notice deadline had already passed.
In context
As a policy label identifying a cancellation timing status, it indicates that the appointment or service was cancelled after the required advance-notice deadline.
- Situation
- Booking appointments, checking in, joining waitlists, and handling referrals
- What it communicates
- policy label identifying a cancellation timing status
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not say why the cancellation happened or what consequences follow from that timing status.
Examples
“The patient cancelled the vaccination appointment after the notice deadline, so it was a late cancellation.”
“After the call came in past the cutoff time, the nurse recorded the physiotherapy visit as a late cancellation.”