Cardiology Diagnostics: RFL

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The Royal Free London (RFL) cardiology service offers the following tests:

  • 24-hour blood pressure monitor
  • five-day loop (only available at Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital)
  • 24-hour ECG (tape)
  • echocardiogram 
  • 12-lead ECG (already in use).

Please note: RFL does not offer a walk-in ECG service at any site. Appointments must pre-booked using e-RS. If there are no available slots, select 'defer to provider' and the cardiology team will book an appointment for your patient as soon as one is available. If you have any questions, contact Chloe Rogers, Assistant Service Manager, via e: chloe.rogers6@nhs.net

Contact details

Barnet Hospital

Patient and GP enquiries t: 020 3758 2069
Cardiology admissions co-ordinator t: 020 3758 2069
Diagnostic GP referrals and results e: rf-tr.cardiology-directaccess@nhs.net
Barnet secretaries e: rf-tr.bhcardiologysecsfax@nhs.net

Chase Farm Hospital 

Patient and GP enquiries t: 020 3758 2069
Diagnostic GP referrals and results e: rf-tr.cardiology-directaccess@nhs.net
Chase Farm secretaries e: rf-tr.bhcardiologysecsfax@nhs.net

Edgware Community Hospital

Patient and GP enquiries t: 020 3758 2069
Diagnostic GP referrals and results e: rf-tr.cardiology-directaccess@nhs.net
Edgware secretaries e: rf-tr.bhcardiologysecsfax@nhs.net

Royal Free Hospital

Patient and GP enquiries t: 020 3758 2069
Cardiology admissions co-ordinator t: 020 3758 2069
Cardiology day ward t: 020 3758 2069
Diagnostic GP referrals and results e: rf-tr.cardiology-directaccess@nhs.net
Diagnostic internal referrals and results e: rf-tr.cardiologyinvestigations@nhs.net
Royal Free secretaries e: rf.cardiologyadmin@nhs.net

How to Refer

EMIS form

Referral methods: e-Referrals

All RFL sites (Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Edgware Community Hospital) are open for direct-access cardiac diagnostic tests via e-RS. The trust will not accept referrals via email or Advice & Guidance.

When referring the patient in e-RS, select the following:

  1. Specialty: Diagnostic Physiological Measurement
  2. Clinic Type: Cardiac Physiology

To directly book the patient into an appointment, please:

  1. Pick the test from the drop down list that you require
  2. Attach to the e-RS referral the correct completed referral form (see below).

Test results are emailed back to the GP. To avoid delay, provide an email address.

Referral forms

  • Direct Access Referral Form – 24 blood pressure monitoring - RF
  • Direct Access Referral Form – 24 ECG monitoring - RF
  • Direct Access Referral Form – Echocardiography - RF
  • Direct Access Referral Form – 5 day loop monitoring – RF
  • Direct Access Referral Form – ECG request – RF

Where to find the forms

In local EMIS global document library systems as follows:

  • Barnet: BAR Global Documents > Diagnostics folder
  • Camden: Camden Global Documents > Cardiology-Stroke-TIA & Vascular 
  • Enfield: ENF Global Documents > Cardiology folder
  • Islington: ISL Global Documents > Cardiology folder
  • Haringey: HAR Global Documents > Cardiology folder

Locations

Barnet Hospital

Wellhouse Lane, Barnet, EN5 3DJ

Chase Farm Hospital

The Ridgeway, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 8JL

Edgware Community Hospital

Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 0AD

Royal Free Hospital

Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG

Review date: Wednesday, 19 June 2024

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