"General ____" (8)
(Other definitions for hospital that I've seen before include "Institute for care and treatment of patients" , "asylum?" , "Sanatorium" , "Spoil hat (anag)" , "Has pilot gone there for help?" .)
'general' is the definition.
(I know that general can be written as widespread)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for widespread that I've seen before include "Sweeping" , "Generally prevalent" , "available to lots of people" , "common" , "broad" .)