PATIENTS are being advised to attend their surgery appointments at Kidderminster Hospital despite an infectious outbreak.

People in fourteen wards across the county, including the Cookley ward at Kidderminster Hospital, have been affected wih diarrhoea and vomiting.

In some cases the infectious Norovirus has been identified.

People booked in for an operation or other procedure at Kidderminster Hospital are being told to come in at the time on their apointment letter.

Surgery at Worcestershire Royal and Alexandra Hospitals have been cancelled today and tomorrow.