After time Austen novel brings complaint (7)
I believe the answer is:
tetanus
'complaint' is the definition.
(tetanus is a kind of health problem)
'after time austen novel' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'austen' is an anagram of 'etanus'.
't' next to 'etanus' is 'TETANUS'.
'brings' is the link.
(Other definitions for tetanus that I've seen before include "health problem" , "Infection from wound" , "Infection of the central nervous system" , "infectious disease" , "Attunes to disease from dog-bite" .)