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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

On Thursday, Teresa O'Sullivan told the coroner's court that Boros-Lavack had provided "personalised, consistent and compassionate treatment" for Cauchi for many years after she first took him on as a private patient in 2012.

From BBC Feb. 4, 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

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 Caroline Lockhart

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