The bed manager tried to send us a patient, the medical and surgical teams protested on the grounds that the patient had norovirus. Infection Control said that it would be fine as all staff know the fundamentals of infection control. Two days later the ward was closed due to almost total norovirus infection. A week after that I'm going back to work after suffering the less pleasant symptoms of this virus. Loads of staff are still off (nursing, medical and surgical staff) and theres no sign of the infection ebbing on the ward. I really hate bed managers.