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One showing no haste to get treatment? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patient

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'one showing no haste to get treatment?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'one' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'patent' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for patient that I've seen before include "Willing to wait" , "Cool" , "Uncomplaining; invalid" , "one of interest to medics?" , "One being treated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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