Brits told NOT to go to A&E as major hospitals riddled with highly-contagious vomiting and diarrhoea bug

Following the declaration of a critical event, BRITS have been advised to stay away from hospital wards.

The gastroenteritis outbreak was confirmed by the clinical director of urgent care in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday, adding to the “severe pressure” that the team was already under.

Dr. Steve Fawcett described how the Stafford County Hospital and Royal Stoke University Hospital trusts reported the occurrence for both locations.

Declaring that the NHS “is absolutely there to treat the ill” but that the hospital requires “space” to care for the sick, he advised people to visit pharmacies whenever they could.

Fawcett went on: We have gastroenteritis and other infections at the hospital, which is reducing our bed capacity and making it difficult for patients to move through the system and return to their homes.

With a “significant number of beds out of action” and the infection control team waiting for the all-clear, three wards are still impacted.

The clinical director stated that the hospital often experiences more strain in the winter.

The situation is assessed hourly, and critical occurrences often only last a few days.

This year, the Staffordshire hospital trust has already reported five major incidents.

Between January 30 and July 9, these were made public.

Hospital administrators at the time advised anyone in need of care to come forward normally by calling 999 and A&E in cases of life-threatening crises.

They recommended “everything else” to be 111.

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