An award-winning Oxford clinic has opened a second unit at the Horton General Hospital.

The Oxford Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) clinic, which is based at the Churchill, is a nurse-led, one-stop diagnostic clinic which sees patients with suspected DVT referred by GPs, outpatient and emergency departments.

Patients are offered appointments on the same day or within 24 hours and are seen by a registered nurse who will carry out a full assessment and, if appropriate, an ultrasound scan.

If diagnosed with the condition, which sees a blood clot develop within a deep vein in the body, usually the leg, patients will then be treated, counselled.

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The Horton branch of the DVT clinic opened on September 30, and will initially run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 9am and 5pm before expanding to Monday – Friday in the new year.

Patients in the north of the county will be able to attend the clinic in a newly refurbished room in the Pathology department, meaning they can receive treatment much closer to home.

Sam Foster, Chief Nurse at Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, which runs both units, said: "We’re so pleased to be bringing this service to the Horton.

"The Oxford DVT clinic receives consistently excellent feedback from patients in terms of efficiency and quality of care."