Finchley Memorial Hospital Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) provides a range of services, assessments and diagnostic tests for people who may have issues with their heart, and blood pressure.  

The CDC offers a one-stop cardiology clinic at the hospital, where patients can be tested and see a hospital consultant on the same day to decrease the period from diagnosis to treatment. Each clinic offers a tailored range of services, so patients can be referred to the clinic that is most appropriate for their symptoms.

Cardiology services

The CDC is proud to offer an efficient and effective service to treat a range of heart-related symptoms. It operates from Monday through to Sunday between 9am-5pm.

The service provides the following diagnostic tests:

ECG and 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, Echocardiograms (Echo), ambulatory and 24-hour electrocardiography (Holter) are available for GP direct access.

The CDC also operates a heart failure clinic, which involves patients having an ECHO scan, X-ray, blood test and a review appointment with a cardiologist. This service is available via a referral to the acute sites with requests being directed to the CDC.

Appointments

• ECG and 24-hour blood pressure monitoring:  Available Monday to Sunday, 9am-5pm 
• Holter, 24 hour, 48 hour and 72 hour: Available Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9am-7pm
• Echocardiograms: Available Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am-8pm

The service also carries out 48-hour/72-hour tapes and 12-lead Electrocardiography (ECG) tests, but these patients are referred by cardiology specialists via the acute sites across NCL. 

Patient results

Patients should be reminded to return their monitoring device with a set time specified to ensure the results can be reported back in a timely manner. 

Echo reports are shared via CPACS/e-mail to the referring clinician within 24 hours (Barnet only). 24-hour tape results are reported within 2 weeks. 

Additional information

Further information is available via the Royal Free London web pages.

For additional booking enquires, contact:

e: rf-tr.fmh-cdcbooking@nhs.net
t: 020 3758 2014

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• adults aged 18+ 
• ambulant or partially ambulant

Exclusions

• children and young people (<18)
• transport patients
• obstetrics
• claustrophobic people
• people attending appointments with children under the age of 16

How to Refer

Locations

Finchley Memorial Hospital CDC