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

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.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

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

Making a special plea, I took him as a private patient of my own.

From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon