\n The trust said relatives and carers of patients currently being treated on the ward are being contacted directly by the clinical team to inform them of the restrictions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite the suspension, arrangements will continue to be made for End of Life visits and for those supported under Care in Partnership, which incorporates John\u2019s Campaign, ensuring patients who require additional support can still receive visits from loved ones and carers.\n<\/p>\n
\n Hospital officials said the measure has been introduced to help limit the spread of infection and protect patients, visitors and staff.\n<\/p>\n
\n The visiting restrictions are expected to remain in place until later this week, when senior colleagues will review the situation and determine whether it is safe to resume normal visiting arrangements.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that can cause diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach cramps, and outbreaks can spread quickly in healthcare settings.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trust has thanked patients and families for their understanding while the temporary measures remain in force and advised those affected to await further updates from the ward team.\n<\/p>\n
\n Furness General Hospital is part of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, which provides healthcare services across Cumbria and Lancashire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The trust said relatives and carers of patients currently being treated on the ward are being contacted directly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-728044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}