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double appointment en · NOUN

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1. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) An appointment with a GP (general practitioner) which is allocated twice much time as usual.
   • It would help if patients who know they have a difficult problem could book a double appointment, […] 1998 March 4, [anonymous], “In the surgery: cutting down on those waiting times”, in The Burton Mail, page 8:
   • “Because I have to get multiple prescriptions, it’s often a double appointment, which is $160,” [Kathy Barr] said. About $80 of that is refunded via Medicare. 2022 August 13, Clay Lucas, “Vulnerable patients asked to cough up as more GPs shun bulk billing”, in Brisbane Times, retrieved 30 Aug 2023:
2. An appointment time with two people assigned to it; a double booked appointment.
   • After making your decision, you’ll have to cancel or reschedule the double appointment immediately. 2022 February 1, Rana Bano, “Double Booking in Scheduling: What It Is and How to Fix It”, in Simply Schedule Appointments, retrieved 30 Aug 2023:
   • It's very important that the system is effective, that everything is well registered so we don't end up double-booking doctors or have patients with double appointments[.] 2018 June 30, Catou MacKinnon, quoting Louis Godin, “Quebec family doctors choosing private, not public system for online appointments”, in CBC, retrieved 30 Aug 2023:
3. The appointment of a person to two different positions simultaneously.
   • Breaking the news of the double appointment during the brunch […] [Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten] disclosed that the first is as the Managing Director of newly formed, ground-breaking international multimedia house, Tingo Media — while the second is as the Chief Operating Officer of eponymous charity foundation, Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation (DMF), […] 2022 August 10, [staff writers], “Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten Breaks New Grounds With Double Appointments”, in Independent, retrieved 30 Aug 2023:

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