Caught in hospital department and ticked off (9)
I believe the answer is:
entrapped
'caught' is the definition.
(entrapping is a kind of catching)
'hospital department and ticked off' is the wordplay.
'hospital department' becomes 'ENT' (Ear, Nose and Throat department).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'ticked off' becomes 'rapped' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ent'+'rapped'='ENTRAPPED'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entrapped that I've seen before include "unable to find a way out" , "Maybe framed" , "Caught in a snare" , "Snared" .)