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family doctor

noun

  1. a general practitioner.


family doctor

noun

“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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of family doctor1

First recorded in 1840–50
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Doctors are warning that many practices in Scotland cannot afford to hire new GPs, despite government promises to make it easier to see a family doctor.

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“The thought that I am a failure as a mother, as a physician and as a human is never far away,” said Daisy, who works as a family doctor.

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Found guilty of murdering 15 patients under his care, it is thought the family doctor may have killed up to 260 people in Hyde, Greater Manchester, between the 1970s and the late 1990s.

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Bringing back the family doctor and ending the early morning scramble for appointments were also key manifesto commitments for Labour.

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Already high housing costs skyrocketed, and it became harder to see a family doctor.

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