follow-up appointment
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffollow-upandappointment
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follow-up
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ʌp/us/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ʌp/
a further action connected with something that ...
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appointment
noun
uk/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/us/əˈpɔɪnt.mənt/
a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time ...
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(Definition offollow-upandappointmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Where the infant has died, afollow-upappointmentcan facilitate grieving and help deal with unresolved issues.
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The patient's nextfollow-upappointmentwas scheduled for 2 months after treatment.
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The firstfollow-upappointmentwas 1 month after treatment.
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He had been told that he should ask for afollow-upappointmentas his condition had deteriorated.
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An elderly cancer patient had an ambulance booked for afollow-upappointmentbut it failed to arrive.
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Some women did not keep their follow-up appointments.
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Subsequent interviews coincided with follow-up appointments, which were brought forward if the parents were particularly anxious.
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The district management team considers that seven minutes is adequate for first appointments and five minutes for follow-up appointments.
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Decisions about follow-up appointments are for the clinical judgment of the doctor concerned.
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