Private Patient

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PP
Pronunciation
/ˈpraɪvət ˈpeɪʃənt/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. She's a private patient of mine.
  2. I would estimate that consultants are perhaps two or three times more likely to chase up whether a private patient has been given an appointment than if the patient is being treated on the NHS.
  3. But when they are treating a private patient doctors are more pushy than they are when treating an NHS patient.
  4. Many public facilities act as private entities, putting profit above patient welfare, Professors Yip and Hsiao wrote.
  5. Students can't involve in working which such as private chamberlain or involve in takeing care of patient.

Other meanings of PP

Pelagra Preventing Misc
Poor Practice Misc
Programming Project Computing
Pistole Polizei Gov
Poor Planning Gov
Post Partum Medical
Private Part Medical
Pet Partners Community
Pianissimo Community
Pocket Pair Misc