THE FUTURE of a surgery threatened with closure should become clear by the end of next month.

Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) has set a deadline of the end of October to find a solution for Witney's Cogges Surgery, which could be forced to shut its doors on January 31, 2019.

Several GP practices from across the county are bidding to run a branch surgery at Cogges, whose partners announced in July they would hand back the contract.

Campaigners will lobby the organisation before its annual public meeting at Jubilee House, Oxford next Thursday.

An update on the surgery will be given at today's Oxfordshire County Council Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting.