Understanding nurses taking temperature the hospital ignored (7)
I believe the answer is:
entente
'understanding' is the definition.
(an entente is an alliance or understanding)
'nurses taking temperature the hospital ignored' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'temperature' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found in the answer.
'nurses' could be 'enen' (two abbreviations for Enrolled Nurse) and 'enen' is found within the remaining letters.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entente that I've seen before include "friendly relations" , "Friendly agreement between states" , "A friendly understanding between countries, may be cordial" , "Political agreement" , "International understanding" .)