Saving lives through a better night's sleep
Home sleep study kits could be the answer
Grant Webber (28) a patient at UHS explains, “The GP referred me for a sleep study, but it was three months before I was seen for an initial consultation. I didn’t feel comfortable and struggled to sleep. They didn’t get much of a reading at all and asked me back to do a second study, but the same thing happened.
I decided to leave it for six months, but the fatigue was all encompassing and I went back to Dr Dennison. I decided to have the test at home and slept so much better in my own bed. And it came back with a reading that I had sleep apnea – I was stopping breathing whilst asleep, nine times every hour. I had a reason why I was so tired at last!”
According to the Office of Health Economics for the British Lung Foundation “investing more in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea could save the NHS up to £28 million and prevent up to 40,000 road traffic accidents a year.”
Dr Dennison, with the help of Southampton Hospitals Charity, is currently fundraising for five home sleep study kits.