BREAKING: Vomiting and diarrhoea bug sparks urgent 'do not go to A&E' warning

A gastroenteritis outbreak at a major hospital has seen wards become riddled with a highly-contagious vomiting and diarrhoea bug - with Brits warned to avoid the building

Brits have been warned not to go to A&E at a major hospital that has become riddled with a highly-contagious vomiting and diarrhoea bug.

The clinical director of urgent care in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has said the bug was down to a gastroenteritis outbreak. Dr Steve Fawcett said some areas of the hospital were under "severe pressure" after the alarm was raised at trust for the Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford on Tuesday.

He urged those who had planned to visit go to pharmacies instead, stating that the NHS "is absolutely there to treat the ill" but the hospital needs "space" to provide care for the sick."

Fawcett continued: “We’ve got infection in the hospital with things like gastroenteritis, which is closing down some of our bed capacity... and causing problems with flow of patients through the system - back into their own homes.”

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