South East London CCG – Community Cardiology Diagnostic Services
Welcome to our hub of information for referring clinicians across the South East London CCG community ECG and BP service.
Xyla Diagnostics have been commissioned by South East Lambeth CCG to deliver ECG and Blood Pressure services across the Borough of Lambeth from May 2021. Working in partnership with PCNs across the borough, Xyla have been commissioned to provide all GPs with fast, local access to the following diagnostic services for your patients:
- 12-Lead ECG
- Ambulatory ECG (Holter Monitoring)
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Home Blood Pressure Monitoring
Based in Central London, Xyla Diagnostics are a specialist non-invasive cardiology diagnostics service provider experienced in delivering tailored local services to both primary and secondary care organisations.
Part of the Xyla family of businesses, and an Acacium Group company, we are very experienced in delivering a broad range of services to CCGs and community organisations.
If you would like to find out more about our services, you can read more about us on our website www.xyla.s.acgr.k8s.wehavezeal.net/diagnostics or by calling 0203 764 0777.
To find out a bit more about the Acacium Group, you can visit www.acaciumgroup.com. We are really looking forward to working with you, supporting your services, and delivering the best diagnostic care for your patients over the coming years.
General Information
This service is being carried out at 4 interim Cardiovascular Diagnostic Centres (CVDCs).
The services will be reviewed and assessed in the first 6 months to determine what if any service improvements are required, as well as whether they meet the needs of referrers and the patient population.
Your CCG have ratified a specific referral pathway regarding which CVDC each GP Practice should refer their patients into for diagnostic tests.
This is outlined in the document, Lambeth GP Practices CVDC Referring Sites.
Directions for each CVDC are outlined below:
(*Please note, this is provided as an example although it might be subject to change depending on clinical demands and clinical capacity)
Please note the service hours will be reviewed regularly and communication will be sent out by Xyla should they change from the hours listed here. These hours listed represent Xyla’s overall service hours, however please be aware that individual CVDC operating hours may differ according to staff availability, room availability and other clinical commitments.
ECG cut-off represents the end of the ECG acceptance window for the day. All ECGs transferred after this time will be analysed the following day.
If you have any questions about these hours, please contact the Xyla Operations Team on 0203 764 0777.
For day-to-day service queries:
For clinical support:
For IT/administrative support:
Out of Hours support:
Referral Information
An EMIS referral pathway allows for a swift, seamless, and safe process.
- Your practice can immediately access available appointments at your local CVDC.
- The CVDC view these appointments and have automatic access to your completed clinical referral form.
- Once the appointment is complete, CVDC staff return the complete report within EMIS where a task is raised for your attention.
Please find a step-by-step guidance document of how to refer via EMIS here.
You can observe all steps required to refer a patient in our Step by Step Guide.
Please find our EMIS workflows below for each clinical service:
EMIS Patient Referral Workflow ABPM
You can only complete tasks in the To-Do List on EMIS.
- Access Tasks. Click at EMIS, point to Workflow, select Workflow Manager, then click Tasks in the navigation pane.
- In the navigation pane, click To-Do List.
- In the right-hand pane, click the task that you want to complete.
- To complete the task immediately, click Complete on the Tasks ribbon and select Complete Task. The task is moved to the Completed category.
- To add a note to the task and then complete it, click Complete on the ribbon and select Complete Task with Note.
- On the Task Description screen, type the required information, and then click OK. The task is moved to the Completed category, with the note attached.
Clinical Information
For more information on turnaround times, please see our Referral to Report Timelines.
Please find the clearly defined inclusion and exclusion criteria for the service below:
Please find our clinical thresholds here – used within our RAG rating framework.
Please find our clinical pathways here– covering all clinical services and emergencies.
