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Health worker, poorly insured, firm admitted (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

district nurse

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'health worker' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for district nurse that I've seen before include "care provider" , "One treating patients in their homes" , "Itinerant local health worker" , "Local medical worker" , "One tending patients in their homes" .)

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