UK - Norovirus cases 2012

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Warwick Hospital and Leamington Rehabilitation Hospital still closed due to norovirus

Published on Tuesday 3 January 2012 17:31

WARWICK Hospital and Leamington Rehabilitation Hospital remain closed to visitors today (Tuesday) after an outbreak of ?winter vomiting bug? norovirus.

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust closed all its hospitals last week after an outbreak of the highly infectious illness.

It has since reopened wards at Stratford Hospital and Ellen Badger Hospital in Shipston but its hospitals in Warwick and Leamington remain closed.

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3 January 2012 Last updated at 06:04 ET

Norovirus hits three hospital wards in Wrexham and Mold

Two wards are expected to remain closed to new admissions at Wrexham Maelor Hospital due to an outbreak of norovirus, the winter bug.

Health officials said it will be some days before the Cunliffe and Mason wards are declared free of the sickness virus with the last cases reported on Monday and Tuesday.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16392991

 

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4 January 2012 Last updated at 07:50 ET

Norovirus shuts wards at Southampton General Hospital

Seven wards have been closed to new admissions at Southampton General Hospital to control the spread of the winter bug norovirus.

The wards have been shut as a precaution as a number of patients have been affected by the sickness bug. It has resulted in the loss of 30 beds.
Visitors, especially schoolchildren, have also been asked to stay away to prevent the spread of infection.
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Dr Graeme Jones, from the hospital, said: "We are currently dealing with an intense build-up of pressure following a number of wards being affected in the past two days."

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16411085

 

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5 January 2012 Last updated at 08:14 ET

Norovirus hits more hospital wards in north Wales

More hospitals across north Wales have closed wards to new patients due to an outbreak of norovirus, the winter bug.

Three have been affected at Wrexham Maelor and two at Llandudno Hospital.

The outbreak has also hit single wards at Mold and Deeside Hospitals. Officials say two patients have the sickness bug at Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital.
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The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said admissions to affected wards is limited until 48 hours have elapsed since the last patient exhibited symptoms to avoid putting further patients at risk of exposure to the bug.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16422538

 

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6 January 2012 Last updated at 15:45 ET

Norovirus hits hospital wards in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Hospital wards in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan have been closed to new patients due to an outbreak of norovirous, the winter vomiting bug.

University Health Board director of nursing Ruth Walker said the board was "taking appropriate measures" to limit the affects of viral gastroenteritis.

The board would not confirm details of wards as the situation was changing all the time.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-16451475

 

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9 January 2012 Last updated at 15:01 ET

Norovirus forces Norfolk hospital wards to close

Wards at the three main hospitals in Norfolk have been closed to new visitors because of an outbreak of a vomiting bug among patients.

Wards 12 and 15 at the James Paget University Hospital have been closed since the weekend to contain the spread of confirmed Norovirus.

Five wards at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have been shut while it tests for the virus.

A ward at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn has also closed.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16470896

 

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Norovirus control plan defended by bosses at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital

11:30am Tuesday 10th January 2012 in News

By Joanna Codd

ROYAL Bournemouth Hospital bosses have defended their infection control policy after cases of Norovirus were confirmed on two wards.
Poole Hospital suspended visiting on December 29 as a precaution after an increase in cases of the sickness and diarrhoea bug in the community.

But the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals only introduced visiting restrictions after the outbreak on wards two and five was confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.

Since then, ward 26 has also been closed to new admissions and visitors because of vomiting and diarrhoea.

Visiting in all other wards is restricted to next of kin.

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11 January 2012 Last updated at 07:00 ET

Norovirus shuts wards and unit at three Sussex hospitals

Wards at two hospitals have been shut and a unit at another has been closed to new admissions following an outbreak of the winter vomiting virus.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said there had been five confirmed cases of norovirus and 20 patients show symptoms of the condition.

The affected wards have closed at the Eastbourne District General Hospital and Hasting's Conquest Hospital.

The Irvine Unit at Bexhill is also not accepting new admissions.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-16509830

 

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Norovirus Outbreak ? Briefing note from NHS

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There have been recent incidences of Norovirus with outbreaks in three care homes within Warwickshire, In addition, norovirus outbreaks have led to various ward closures and restrictions to admissions within local hospitals.

The NHS have issued a briefing note about the Norovirus. It can be found at the top of the Pandemic Flu page on the Warwickshire website.

http://warwickshireschoolspost.co.uk/2012/01/norovirus-outbreak-briefing-note-from-nhs/

 

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Published on Sunday 15 January 2012 08:00

THE DGH has shut one ward to new admissions after an outbreak of norovirus.

Norovirus is highly infectious and is the most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis ? diarrhoea and vomiting ? in England and Wales.

It is known as the ?winter vomiting bug? due to its seasonality and typical symptoms.

The trust currently has 25 symptomatic patients ? across Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill ? with five confirmed cases of norovirus.

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http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/health/norovirus_shuts_one_ward_at_eastbourne_dgh_1_3416303

 

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16 January 2012 Last updated at 12:53 ET

Luton and Dunstable hospital closes wards to visitors over norovirus

All wards, except critical treatment units, at a Bedfordshire hospital have been closed to visitors to prevent the spread of winter sickness.

Luton and Dunstable Hospital introduced the measure to protect patients and public from the norovirus bug.
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Visitors will be allowed only into wards where a patient is critically ill and these include such places as the intensive care unit.

"We expect the ban on visitors to last for 24-48 hours," the spokesperson said.

"Patients on five of our wards have been affected and they are closed to new admissions to help avoid the spread of infection.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-16584487

 

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Norovirus Bug hits Sheffield Hospital

Tuesday, January 17th 2012 00:00

Hospital visitors in Sheffield are being asked to limit their visits due to an outbreak of Norovirus.

The Sheffield Teaching Hospital's Trust said it had shut 25 beds due to the sickness bug.​

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http://www.peakfm.net/news/local/norovirus-bug-hits-sheffield-hospital-119/​

 

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Addenbrooke?s battle with norovirus sees four wards close

Monday, January 23, 2012

There has been an outbreak of the norovirus at Addenbrooke?s Hospital in Cambridge resulting in four wards being closed.

Following an emergence of the virulent diarrhoea and vomiting bug, hospital staff are asking members of the public not to come to the hospital should they be suffering from any symptoms in a bid to curtail the infection.

No visitors are allowed to the closed wards with visiting hours restricted to all adult wards to 3pm to 5pm and 7pm to 8pm daily.

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27 January 2012 Last updated at 10:01 ET

Norovirus 'factor' as Addenbrooke's postpones 47 operations

Operations have been postponed at a Cambridge hospital as staff deal with "intense pressure" caused partly by a rise in cases of norovirus.

A spokesman for Addenbrooke's Hospital confirmed 47 operations had been postponed "due to a number of factors" including the winter vomiting bug.
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A respiratory ward and two medicine-for-the-elderly wards are closed as a result of the winter vomiting bug.

Restricted visiting hours on all adult wards remain in place and children are not allowed to visit wards unless it is "essential".

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-16757621

 

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Monday 30 January 2012

Expert calls for action on norovirus

Brian Donnelly
Senior News Reporter.

AN urgent review of hygiene practices in Scottish hospitals has been demanded by a leading health expert and opposition politicians in an effort to tackle the annual scourge of the deadly winter vomiting bug, norovirus.

Professor Hugh Pennington of Aberdeen University, one of the UK's foremost bacteriologists, led the calls following the tragic case of a Fife husband and wife who died within four days of each other, with norovirus being a major factor.

Dorothy and Andy McEwen, from Dunfermline, both died aged 83. Mrs McEwen contracted the infection in the town's Queen Margaret Hospital and her husband caught the bug after taking home his wife's laundry from the hospital without realising the risk it posed.

An investigation by The Herald found only one of the 14 health boards in Scotland washes soiled clothing belonging to patients, with most others either offering verbal advice or handing a leaflet to family taking dirty clothing home which outlines how to handle it.

Scottish Government guidelines suggest providing written information to visitors regarding norovorus and handling laundry, but Professor

Pennington said verbal information is essential, especially when dealing with older people.

He also said health professionals are underestimating the highly virulent effects of norovirus, which he said is more infectious than MRSA and clostridium difficile.

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http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/expert-calls-for-action-on-norovirus.16563884

 

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Norovirus infection in St Bernard?s Hospital, says Opposition

Concerned family members of patients from St Bernard?s Hospital have brought to the attention of the Opposition that St Bernard?s Hospital is facing an outbreak of the Norovirus infection, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea. The GSD Opposition says it understands that the Norovirus infection first affected one of the wards at St Bernard?s Hospital two weeks ago, where measures were put in place to stop its spread. However, the virus seems to have spread to two other wards, and now visitors are restricted and all patients entering the wards are being tested, said the GSD.

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http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=23878

 

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1 February 2012 Last updated at 06:11 ET

James Paget Hospital norovirus 'worst for a decade'

The recent spread of a winter vomiting bug at a Norfolk hospital is the worst it has seen since 2001, a spokesman has revealed.

At its peak in January, eight wards had to be shut to new visitors at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston.

Hospital spokesman Jonathan Dack said there had been "a lot of cases in the local community", but hoped the worst of the spread was now over.

Only one ward now remains closed to new patients.

Mr Dack said it was the greatest number of wards the hospital had ever shut due to norovirus.

He said 160 patients turned up to the hospital with norovirus symptoms last month. After testing, 37 people were confirmed to have the illness.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16813555

 

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Norovirus strikes Lister again

Richard Young
Friday, February 3, 2012
11:33 AM

The infection which causes diarrhoea and vomiting in sufferers led to the closure of a ward to new patients yesterday (Thursday), the East and North Herts NHS Trust said. The ward will be closed until the patients are free from symptoms.

The trust shut three wards in December due to the infection. It took until mid January to eradicate it.

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http://www.thecomet.net/news/norovirus_strikes_lister_again_1_1197512

 

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Could the freezing weather cause a norovirus epidemic?
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By Jessica Laurence, Feb 7, 2012

The Health Protection Agency has said that the freezing weather in Britain could lead to an increase in the number of cases of the winter vomiting bug around the country.

Over the last two weeks, cases of norovirus have been reported at 34 hospitals in Britain. Yesterday three wards were shut at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, following the closure of two wards at the hospital last week because of an outbreak of the bug.
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Louise Brown, spokesperson for the Health Protection Agency, told the Daily Mail: "It is believed to be connected with cold weather - that is why it is called the winter vomiting bug."

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http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/2012/02/07/could-the-freezing-weather-cause-a-norovirus-epidemic/

 

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Norovirus health advisory

Thursday, February 09, 2012

There were 13 reported outbreaks of norovirus in London in the last week of January with care homes, hospitals and schools all affected, but there are steps you can take to help stop it from coming to your family.

Across Britain 34 hospitals had norovirus incidents in the same week while North Central London boroughs experienced four outbreaks - Barnet, Camden, Enfield and Haringey with one each.

Norovirus is a highly infection diarrhoea and vomiting bug, also known as Norwalk, or Winter vomiting bug. It is transmitted through eating or drinking contaminated food or by touching contaminated surfaces.

NHS North Central London Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Angela O'Shea said:

"It is a very contagious and highly unpleasant disease with vomiting, diarrhoea, stomach cramps, fever, and chills forming the main symptoms - thankfully for most people it will be short lived without any real danger of complications or long term damage.

"There is little that your GP will be able to do to help so lots rest and staying in bed is the best way to get over a bout of norovirus, though extra care needs to be taken with the elderly, infirm, or infants to keep them hydrated."

The Health Protection Agency has said that the freezing weather in Britain could lead to an increase in the number of cases of the winter vomiting bug around the country.

Historically the winter months through to March are the peak season for the bug and over 5% of all calls made to NHS Direct over the past month have been relating to norovirus.

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http://www.ncl.nhs.uk/news/press-releases/norovirus-health-advisory.aspx