Hospital in Tooting was forced to close three wards due to sickness bug norovirus as NHS England appeals for the elderly to ...

Three wards at one of London 's biggest hospitals have been closed due to an outbreak of the vomiting bug norovirus. St ...

Read about the latest figures from NHS England which suggest that hospital bed occupancy is at almost 100% as of last week.

The Tooting hospital has closed wards to admissions and transfers to protect new patients from being exposed to the virus.

Hospitals have just experienced their busiest week of this winter as cases of norovirus, the bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea, continue to surge.

Professor Arlene Wellman, group chief nurse for St George’s, Epsom and St Helier, said: “Once norovirus enters a hospital, it ...

Just under 1,000 beds were filled every day last week by people with norovirus-like symptoms, the highest rate this season.

The number of people in hospital in England with norovirus is continuing to climb and has hit another new high for this ...

Almost 1,000 beds were occupied every day last week on average by people experiencing symptoms of the stomach bug - which ...

The North East and Yorkshire has been hit hardest by the virus with over 2,500 hospital beds in total occupied last week - 5 ...

Hospitals in England are “close to full” as a significant number of beds are occupied by people who are medically fit to be discharged, health officials have said. It comes as medics are dealing with ...