Collect female and the rest, going to hospital (5)
I believe the answer is:
fetch
'collect' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'female and the rest going to hospital' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'and the rest' becomes 'etc' (et cetera).
'going to' says to put letters next to each other.
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'f'+'etc'+'h'='FETCH'
(Other definitions for fetch that I've seen before include "Sell for" , "Command to a gun dog" , "Order to dog to retrieve thrown stick" , "Achieve (price) when sold" , "double" .)