It is a recent Government recommendation that EVERY patient in hospital receives a blood-clot risk assessment¹

A blood-clot risk assessment is simple and painless. It consists of a checklist that the ward doctor or hospital nurse runs through. For example, they may ask a number of questions... about age... medical history... any procedures or operations while staying in hospital and so on.

If there is a risk of a blood clot in hospital, a number of treatments are available to help PREVENT a clot forming (this is known as thromboprophylaxis) and the ward doctor or nurse is the best person to speak to about this.

Further information about blood clots in hospital is available in the free information booklet.