Continue to caress back, leading to a doctor’s initial set of comments? (7)
I believe the answer is:
notepad
'of comments?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for notepad that I've seen before include "aide-memoire" , "Tablet" , "Item to write on" , "Where memos get written" , "scribbler" .)