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Dub hospital department "doctor-lite" (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entitle

'dub' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hospital department doctor-lite' is the wordplay.
'hospital department' becomes 'ent'.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lite' with letters rearranged gives 'itle'.
'ent'+'itle'='ENTITLE'

(Other definitions for entitle that I've seen before include "Furnish with a right or claim" , "Give a right or authority to" , "Give one the right - name" , "Name, authorise" , "Call; permit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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