double appointments

Noun

double appointment (plural double appointments)

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
2. An appointment time with two people assigned to it; a double booked appointment.
   • 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...2022 August 10, [staff writers], “Ebuwa Martins Agbonwaneten Breaks New Grounds With Double Appointments”, in Independent, retrieved 30 Aug 2023