An image has been released of a new hospital theatre in Oxford which was given the green light by planning officials this week.

The John Radcliffe in Headington is set to get an additional modular theatre with seven operating rooms after city councillors unanimously voted through the proposal on Tuesday evening.

The development will be built on 'car park one' at the hospital which provides 127 visitor spaces, 20 disabled and five staff spaces.

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Remaining visitor spaces will be provided elsewhere but there will be an overall reduction in staff car parking with a net loss of 136 spaces.

An Oxford University Hospitals spokesman said: “We welcome the planning committee’s approval of our new theatres building.

"This is an incredibly important development for the Trust and will reduce elective waiting lists and improve patients’ pathways for many years to come.

“There are a number of things we need to do to meet all of the conditions of the approval, and we will put together an action plan to meet them in due course.”