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| Author | Richard Gordon | 
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| Language | English | 
| Series | Doctor series | 
| Genre | Comedy | 
| Publisher | Heinemann | 
Publication date  | 1979 | 
| Publication place | United Kingdom | 
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| Preceded by | Doctor on the Job | 
| Followed by | Doctor's Daughters | 
Doctor in the Nest is a 1979 comedy novel by the British writer Richard Gordon. [1] Part of the long-running Doctor series, it finds Sir Lancelot Spratt struggling against cuts in the NHS which leaves his hospital in bad shape.