initial consultation

collocation in English

meaningsofinitialandconsultation

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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us
/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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consultation
noun
uk
/ˌkɒn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/
a meeting to discuss something or to ...
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During theinitialconsultation, he demonstrated hostility toward them, often cursing for no clear reason.
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Clinical outcomes after the patients'initialconsultationwith the specialists were recorded.
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We measured effectiveness in terms of percentage of symptom-free patients 14 days after theinitialconsultation(according to the telephone interview).
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We have used the percentage of symptom-free patients 2 weeks after theinitialconsultationas our measure of effectiveness.
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Overall, only a start has been made in setting upinitialconsultationprocesses in the regions.
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The purpose of this report is to describe what palliative care patients say is "most important to achieve" at the time ofinitialconsultation.
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For all patients, the mean cost for theinitialconsultationwas £411 for tele-referrals and £277 for conventional referrals, a nonsignificant difference.
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Term 1 will compriseinitialconsultationbetween students and teachers and pre-testing of small student groups (including controls) by performance (taped or live) and questionnaire.
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Postal surveys conducted over 10 months assessed the health-related quality of life of women and children after theirinitialconsultationand the costs incurred by families on hospital visits.
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Following last year's consultation, we looked at two possible ways of dealing with the problems identified during ourinitialconsultationprocess.
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Those prescriptions will be complex documents that must be completed in some detail—a time-consuming business over and above theinitialconsultationperiod.
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It has drawn up proposals to reduce the size of some schools and amalgamate others forinitialconsultationlocally.
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Followinginitialconsultationwith trade organisations, a further draft order covering all sales of wet fish and competing prepacked frozen fish is being prepared.
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Detailed proposals, including possible changes of location, title or role, and associated costs, will flow from thisinitialconsultationperiod.
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It affected businesses and other properties not affected by theinitialconsultationand the initial routes that were published.
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Constituents of mine have had almost immediate access to both theinitialconsultationand treatment.
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In theinitialconsultationdocument, it was envisaged that payments would be made at three different ages.
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Theinitialconsultationincluded an estimate that implementing the directive would cost agriculture between £0.6 billion and £2.9 billion.
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The differences between a controlled company and an influenced company were set out in ourinitialconsultationdocument last year.
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Many of the more than 2,000 responses to theinitialconsultationexercise included representations on the level of the basic state pension.
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