private patient

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

"It said that as of 1 July, the dental practice we're with is no longer offering that National Health Service and we're being given the option if we want to stay with them, to either obtain a dental plan or to just register as a normal private patient," he explained.

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"It won't go anywhere. Will what the government is proposing be enough to overcome a private patient's income? I doubt it very much."

From BBC

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

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One private patient is 13-year-old Jasper Salisbury-Jones, from Brixton in south London, who - like Alfie Dingley - has a rare form of epilepsy.

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One private patient, Martin Byrne, said he was in immediate pain after an operation to repair his rotator cuff performed by Mr Shah at Spire, Little Aston, in Sutton Coldfield in August 2018.

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