private patient

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Some dentists told Friel he could have an appointment almost straight away as a private patient, costing him up to £175 for a consultation.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

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 furnishes the least satisfactory form of medical relief for the patient, less adequate than that he could obtain either as a private patient or as a hospital patient.

From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock