Capacity Recommendations
Turning capacity analysis into the numbers you can plan and build against.
Capacity recommendations translate capacity analysis into practical, actionable numbers: recommended capacity ranges by service and function, the operational implications of choosing the high or low end of a range, and the planning recommendations that follow. It is the advisory layer that answers 'so what should we actually provide' after the analysis is done.
What this service covers
- Recommended capacity ranges by service and function
- Occupancy, staging and flexibility buffers
- Operational implications of range choices
- Balance between clinical, diagnostic and support capacity
- Sensitivity of recommendations to demand assumptions
- Planning recommendations for the project
- Priorities and phasing of capacity provision
- Trade-offs between capacity and utilisation
- Validation notes on the recommendations
- Documented recommendation set
Our process
- Consolidate the capacity analysis
- Derive capacity ranges by service
- Assess the operational implications of each range
- Balance clinical, diagnostic and support capacity
- Set priorities, phasing and validation notes
- Document the recommendations
Frequently asked questions
How are capacity recommendations different from capacity planning?
Capacity planning develops the sizing itself - the model that works out what is needed. Capacity recommendations are the advisory output - the ranges, trade-offs and planning recommendations drawn from that analysis.
How are they different from bed strength planning?
Bed strength planning sizes beds in detail by specialty. Capacity recommendations cover the wider capacity picture - beds, theatres, diagnostics and support - as ranges with implications.
Why recommend ranges?
Because demand and utilisation have uncertainty; a range with its trade-offs supports a better planning decision than a single figure.
What do the recommendations feed?
The design brief, the detailed project report, planning approvals and later capacity expansion decisions.
What does the customer receive?
A recommendation set with capacity ranges, operational implications, priorities, phasing and validation notes.