Award given out for a bit of service as a healer (7)

I believe the answer is:

medical

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'service as a healer' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'award given out for a bit' is the wordplay.
'award' becomes 'MEd' (MEd is an example).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'out for a bit' becomes 'ical' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'med'+'ical'='MEDICAL'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for medical that I've seen before include "Test for health" , "Declaim (anag) -- health check" , "Relating to the art of healing" , "Relating to doctors" , "Doctor's test" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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