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Quick dismissal for summer attire by hospital division (5,6)

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I believe the answer is:

short shrift

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'quick dismissal' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'summer attire by hospital division' is the wordplay.
'summer attire' becomes 'shorts' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital).
'division' becomes 'rift' (I've seen this in another clue).
'shorts'+'h'+'rift'='SHORT SHRIFT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for short shrift that I've seen before include "Curt treatment" , "Summary treatment of a matter" , "Brief and unsympathetic treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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