Short gold figure stolen by a healthcare provider in annexed territory (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
golan heights
'territory' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'short gold figure stolen by a healthcare provider in annexed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'figure' could be 'eight' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'eight' is found within the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for golan heights that I've seen before include "range of hills" , "disputed territory" .)