Services include:

• anticoagulant monitoring clinic
• support for patients wishing to self-administer
• initiation for new treatments such as novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs).

Patients who have been initiated on warfarin should have been provided with a National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) oral anticoagulant therapy record book by the hospital clinic.

This booklet should be taken to any hospital/GP appointments and when collecting anticoagulant prescriptions.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Adults

• requiring oral anticoagulation initiation
• already on oral anticoagulation and require monitoring 

Exclusions

• Children (under 18yrs)

How to Refer

Locations

Whittington Hospital Anticoagulation