double appointment

double appointment (plural double appointments)

1. (healthcare, British, Australia, New Zealand) An appointment with a GP (general practitioner) which is allocated twice much time as usual.
   • 1998 March 4, [anonymous], “In the surgery: cutting down on those waiting times”, in The Burton Mail, page 8:

     It would help if patients who know they have a difficult problem could book a double appointment, […]

   • 2022 August 13, Clay Lucas, “Vulnerable patients asked to cough up as more GPs shun bulk billing”, in Brisbane Times‎, retrieved 2023-08-30:

     “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.

2. An appointment time with two people assigned to it; a double booked appointment.
   • 2018 June 30, Catou MacKinnon, quoting Louis Godin, “Quebec family doctors choosing private, not public system for online appointments”, in CBC‎, retrieved 2023-08-30:

     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[.]

   • 2022 February 1, Rana Bano, “Double Booking in Scheduling: What It Is and How to Fix It”, in Simply Schedule Appointments‎, retrieved 2023-08-30:

     After making your decision, you’ll have to cancel or reschedule the double appointment immediately.

3. The appointment of a person to two different positions simultaneously.
   • 2022 August 10, [staff writers], “Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten Breaks New Grounds With Double Appointments”, in Independent‎, retrieved 2023-08-30:

     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), […]