Major incidents. Norwalk on the wild side

An outbreak of the Norwalk-like virus at an acute hospital in October affected 147 patients and 200 staff. It was brought under control within two weeks, following the establishment of a team to manage the incident. Some day surgery was cancelled, but no inpatient operations were affected. The public was discouraged from visiting the hospital during the outbreak. Local GPs were co-operative about managing patients with the virus at home. Some doctors came to work with symptoms, despite the trust urging affected staff to stay at home.