Person in A&E needs accommodation (5)
I believe the answer is:
abode
'accommodation' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'person in ae' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'bod' going inside 'ae' is 'ABODE'.
'needs' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for abode that I've seen before include "House, home" , "Pad" , "Archaic dwelling place" , "Place of residence" , "Home or domicile" .)