Update to Calendar: All Day Events

What's new

The wawa calendar now supports All Day Events, using a new swim lane that displays above each column — in line with the layout you'd recognise from Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook.

What you can do

Use the all-day lane to block out entire days for things like:

• Annual Leave
• Full team training
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

How it works

Creating an all-day event: Add a Meeting, Patient Appointment, or Blocked Time as you normally would, then tick All Day on the form. This converts the entry from a specific time slot into a full-day event in the new lane.

Adding a second all-day lane: If a swim lane already exists for that view (because an all-day event is already booked), right-click the lane and select the option to add another one from the menu — consistent with how other major calendar apps handle multiple all-day events.

How it displays

• Blocked Time still appears across the full calendar, since it typically means the staff member is entirely unavailable that day.
• Meetings and Appointments appear only in the new all-day lane, not across the full calendar.

Patient Appointments

You can still book a full-day Patient Appointment if needed. If the appointment isn't hidden from the patient, wawa will warn you of the consequences before the booking is confirmed.

We hope this will improve your data recording going forward, but if you need any help, get in touch via the chat icon at any time!