---
title: "Appointment reminder email template"
description: "A reminder of an upcoming appointment that asks the patient to confirm or reschedule. Send it a day or two before the appointment."
url: "https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/appointment-reminder"
---

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# Appointment reminder email template

A reminder of an upcoming appointment that asks the patient to confirm or reschedule.

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- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Your appointment on Wednesday 18 November at 9:40 am
- **Preview text**
  Please confirm you can make it, or choose another time.

![Preview of the Appointment reminder template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/appointment-reminder-desktop.webp?v=4b952d9548b1)

appointment-reminder.txt

```
Please confirm you can make it, or choose another time.

{{clinicName}}

Can you still make it?

Your appointment with {{clinicianName}} is coming up. Please confirm it, or choose a new time if this one no longer works.

{{appointmentMonth}}

{{appointmentDay}}

{{appointmentDate}} at {{appointmentTime}}

{{location}}

Confirm appointment [{{confirmUrl}}]

Choose another time [{{rescheduleUrl}}]

If you cannot come, please tell us at least {{noticeHours}} hours before, so someone else can have the time.

You are receiving this because you have an appointment with {{clinicName}}.
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

Send it a day or two before the appointment. It shows the date, time and place on a calendar tile and asks for one click to confirm, with a link to choose another time.

11 values to fill

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{clinicName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{clinicianName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{appointmentDate}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{appointmentMonth}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{appointmentDay}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{appointmentTime}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{location}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{confirmUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{rescheduleUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{noticeHours}}` | Text | Optional | 24 |
| `{{unsubscribeUrl}}` | Link | Optional | None |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

```
import { init, nextmail } from '@nextmail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.NEXTMAIL_API_KEY }) await nextmail.templates.create({  name: 'Appointment reminder',  slug: 'appointment-reminder',  starter: 'appointment-reminder',  publish: true,}) const sent = await nextmail.templates.send('appointment-reminder', {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    clinicName: 'Meadowbank Health Centre',    clinicianName: 'Dr Amara Osei',    appointmentDate: 'Wednesday 18 November',    appointmentMonth: 'Nov',    appointmentDay: '18',    appointmentTime: '9:40 am',    location: 'Room 3, 41 Elm Grove, Bristol',    confirmUrl: 'https://example.com/appointments/88231/confirm',    rescheduleUrl: 'https://example.com/appointments/88231/reschedule',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

Health and care

## More templates like this

![Preview of the Appointment confirmed template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/appointment-confirmed-desktop.webp?v=e1eb28058106)

### Appointment confirmed

Confirms an appointment with the clinician, the place or video link, and what to bring.

6 styles

![Preview of the Secure message template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/secure-message-desktop.webp?v=91f5ea210538)

### Secure message

Tells a patient a message is waiting in their account, without putting it in email.

6 styles

![Preview of the Prescription ready template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/prescription-ready-desktop.webp?v=a050f8a0e62c)

### Prescription ready

Tells a patient a prescription is ready to collect, with a reference and pickup hours.

6 styles

![Preview of the Enrolment confirmed template](https://nextmail.sh/email-templates/previews/enrolment-confirmed-desktop.webp?v=c920e26def09)

### Enrolment confirmed

Confirms a place on a course, with the start date and the details of the first lesson.

6 styles

Start from one

## Pick a design, change anything, and send it from your code.

Every template opens in the editor as blocks you can move, restyle or delete, and sends through the API with the values filled in.

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