East Lancashire DVT Service

Our DVT Service is an innovative collaboration between Primary Care and Secondary Care.

We provide a ‘one stop shop’ including same day clinical assessment, investigations i.e. bloods tests, Doppler venous US  scan and initiation of appropriate treatment, if required, for all patients referred to our service.

Our clinic is run by highly trained doctors, Nurses, and Vascular Sonographers.

Our working hours

Monday to Friday, 8am til 8pm (we accept referrals from 8am til 5:30pm)

Where to find us

We are based at

Burnley General Teaching Hospital

Area 1

Main Outpatient Department

Casterton Avenue

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Our sister clinic is based at:

Roe Lee Surgery

367 Whalley New Road

Blackburn

BB1 9SR

How to access the service

We accept referrals from all GP surgeries, physiotherapy clinics, Podiatry clinics, urgent care centres, accident and emergency departments and local out of hours Primary care service providers.

Patients with suspected DVT are advised to seek urgent medical help through your local GP surgery during their working hours or through other appropriate services during out of hours.

Service leads and key staff members

Dr Irfan Zafar is Service lead for East Lancashire and Blackburn DVT Service

Service Manager: Mrs Sheila Whiteoak

DVT Administrator: Mr Ismail Sumra

Useful contact details

Tel: 01254 366050

Email: bwd-elancs.dvtservice@nhs.net