Doctor taking fee cut (8)
I believe the answer is:
lacerate
'cut' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'doctor taking fee' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'lace' (I've seen this in other clues).
'taking' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fee' becomes 'rate' (I've seen this in other clues).
'lace'+'rate'='LACERATE'
(Other definitions for lacerate that I've seen before include "Clear tea (anag.)" , "Slash" , "Tear or make deep cuts" , "Tear roughly, cut jaggedly" , "Clare ate (anag)" .)