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private patient

British  

noun

  1. a patient receiving medical treatment not paid for by the National Health Service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On Monday, it filed an appeal to the 1st Circuit asking the court to block RIH from handing over the private patient records to O’Connor before his Tuesday deadline.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

In Germany, potential reforms to private patient funding appear well progressed, analyst David Low says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The 52-year-old said he may need to raise at least £120,000 to pay for the treatment as a private patient.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

But because its publications do not include all private patient data, the study would be ignored by the EPA when it considers permissible pollution levels.

From Scientific American • Oct. 24, 2018

Making a special plea, I took him as a private patient of my own.

From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon

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