We are currently experiencing increased cases of flu and norovirus across our hospitals. To help protect our patients and staff, please do not visit any of our sites if you have symptoms of a respiratory infection, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhoea.

 Our services are also under extreme pressure at the moment and we need your help: 

• If you do not need emergency care please help us treat those most in need and find treatment elsewhere - your local pharmacy, your GP or NHS 111 can all give advice
• Be aware that you will wait a very long time in our EDs if your condition is not life threatening
• Please help us discharge patients from hospital as soon as they are medically fit so we can care for those who need our help 

We do expect this ongoing extraordinary pressure to impact our ability to treat those waiting for operations / treatments and we apologise for anyone who waits longer than we would like.