Decoration used in a room for patients (5)
I believe the answer is:
award
'decoration' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a room for patients' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'room' could be 'ward' (I've seen this before) and 'ward' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'used in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for award that I've seen before include "certificate?" , "Give officially as prize or payment" , "Endow" , "Give, grant" , "Oscar, say" .)