private patient

British  

noun

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

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private patient

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

One man who has waited seven months and seen his test cancelled four times is being referred to Nottingham as a private patient.

From BBC ● May 16, 2019

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

It was returned to us in October, 1919, and on the tenth day of November of the same year the first private patient was admitted.

From My Life and Work by Henry Ford

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