private patient

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 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 would also require paying doctors and nurses substantially lower salaries, using fewer new and high-tech treatments, and probably eliminating some of the perks of American hospital stays, like private patient rooms.

From New York Times • May 16, 2016

This is complete nonsense - unless you believe that every private patient, every patient in Scotland and those in two-thirds of Wales - where you go direct to a physio -are at risk.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2015

That's a good thing, because seein' as how he wasn't hurt on the works he'll have to pay like any private patient and of course we'd like to see where our money is comin' from.

From The Lady Doc by Lockhart, Caroline