GP & Healthcare Referrals
Sleep and Health Clinic offers a wide range of diagnostics and treatments for your patients. We aim to help you deliver the most efficient and holistic care.
Comprehensive community care services
We can offer community care sleep services which will allow the patients to be treated close to home and puts GPs in control of their patients and funding. Patients can access diagnostic tests and treatment options within GP practices and remotely tests can be sent to the patients home and reports back to the GP with recommendations. We pride ourselves in offering a bespoke package to suit the practice needs and can also work with secondary care providers to reduce the backlogs.
Sleep diaries
Sleep diaries are electronic and available through the patients mobile phones. These diaries are GDPR compliant and will asecertain any lifestyle modications that your patients may benefit from. In addition, the diaries also register medication taken so that you may accurately measure the effectiveness of sleep promoting medications using interntionally recognised sleep metrics. Thus, this will empower you to ensure that medication can be monitored effectively and discontinued as evidence reveals.
Mandibular advancement splints are recommended by NICE for mild Obstructive Sleep apnoea and these are usually difficult to obtain through the secondary care system. We will bridge the gap between recommendation and provision of treatment by providing these devices and monitoring them for effectiveness for upto 2 years. Patients will be able to access these services within the community therefore reducing the need for secondary care interventions. Our expert team will supervise the patients and provide educational sessions to you and your staff if needed.
Consultants
We have set up a specialist Sleep Unit to support trusts to work effectively. Consultants therefore have access to tertiary level diagnostics as recommended by NICE guidelines. This has enabled the NHS at University London College Hospital (UCLH) to reduce their waiting list and allocate residual sleep study funds for patient treatment and other medical needs within the hospital.
Effective
The sleep service is effective because it allows doctors to manage patients in their practice, with the help of the experts who oversee the quality of the studies and provide diagnosis.
Cost Effective
Besides the direct saving using the service is cost efficient because it allows the department to save money from capital expenditure to running costs and employment costs. Or keeping funds lost to other trusts by referring the patients elsewhere.
Safe
The sleep service is safe in that the process followed aligns with the national and international guidelines for investigating and managing sleep disorders. As specialist unit, the referring team, by adhering to the latest NICE guidelines, can also reduce the trusts NHS insurance payments.
Responsive
The service is responsive because by keeping the service up to date by using the latest evidence base to give our patients the best treatments, which are innovative and progressive. The feedback from patients and NHS staff has been very positive. Patients give a high rating for both the treatment and the facilities provided.
Caring
Our service is caring in that we have a team of well-qualified and empathetic staff who understand the importance of good sleep for good health long-term
Experienced
Led by an experienced team who has been working in and alongside the NHS for many years and are keen to engage in serving the population of UK by utilising the funds from taxpayers in a sensible and responsible way.
If you are interested in understanding further details, contact us via email
Hospitals
Over the last few years, there has been an ever-increasing number of patients suffering from sleep related conditions putting an unprecedented demand on services.
The London Clinic and Sleep and Health Clinic combined to establish a specialist Sleep Unit at Devonshire Place London W1G 6BW for both private patients and University College London Hospital (ULCH). Many private, NHS patients from (UCLH), military veterans from overseas and diplomatic staff based in UK Embassies have used the service.
Effective
Sleep and Health Clinic service is among the best available in the UK. It has several major benefits, which include allowing doctors to manage patients in their practice while outsourcing treatment to experts who oversee the quality of the studies and provide diagnosis.
Cost Effective
The service is cost efficient as it allows your organisation to save money from capital expenditure. It reduces running and employment costs, but helps you keep income from each patient treated.
Safe
The service is safe in that the process aligns with the national and international guidelines for investigating and managing sleep disorders. As specialist unit, the referring team, by adhering to the latest NICE guidelines (NG202), can also reduce the trusts NHS insurance payments.
Responsive
The service is responsive because we keep the service up to date by using the latest evidence base to give our patients the best treatments. The feedback from patients and NHS staff has been very positive, with both giving a high rating for both the treatment and the facilities.
Caring
Our service is also caring because we have a team of well-qualified and empathetic staff who understand the importance of good sleep for good health long-term.
Experienced
Led by an experienced team, under the directorship of one of the UK’s leading sleep specialists, Dr Sara McNeillis MBBS FRCA MMed.
If you are interested in understanding further details, contact us via email
How to refer a Patient.
The Sleep and Health Clinic service is forward thinking and we work hard to provide the latest treatment and diagnostic options for our patients. Our personnel have worked closely with national authorities to develop the new NICE guidelines, which finally include guidance for departments across the NHS to provide surgical care for patients with sleep apnoea.
We also accept tertiary and quaternary referrals from other services. Please send referrals either by post or email to the contact details above.
Referring a patient to the Sleep and Health Clinic is easy though involves several key steps to ensure the process is smooth and effective. Here’s a general guide to help you:
Sleep and Health Clinic accept referrals from GPs Consultants and Hospitals.
NHS Referrals
We are able to see any GP NHS referrals once the funding has been approved by the ICBs. Hospital Consultants, we can accept referrals directly from Hospital consultants with funding approval from the hospital.
Please contact admin@sleepandhealth.org for referrals and enquiries.