Children's sleep service

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Contact

General Enquiries
07881 851 536

Visitor Information

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Our sleep service offers comprehensive assessment of children with a range of sleep disorders including:

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Central sleep apnoea / hypoventilation
  • Nocturnal hypoxaemia
  • Narcolepsy / hypersomnolence
  • Restless leg syndrome / periodic limb movements in sleep
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Insomnia-related disorders
  • Parasomnias

Professor Habibi holds new and follow-up consultation clinics for children who would benefit from them.

We offer the following diagnostic sleep studies:

  • Cardiorespiratory sleep study (at home or in hospital)
  • Polysomnography
  • Multiple sleep latency test
  • Actigraphy
  • Nocturnal oxygen therapy assessment
  • CPAP / NIV assessment

Treatments vary depending on the diagnosis. These may include ENT surgery, CPAP/NIV therapy, specialist medications or behavioural intervention therapy.

Additional information

Clinics and contact

Sleep administrative team and bookings department

Phone: 07881 851 536 (Mon – Fri, 09:00 – 17:00)
Email: imperial.paediatric_sleepreferrals@nhs.net

Sleep physiology team

Phone: 020 3312 27903

Address

Paediatric Outpatients
Hammersmith Hospital
Ground Floor, D Block South
Du Cane Road
London W12 0NY

Meet the team

Consultant

Professor Parviz Habibi

Clinical physiologists

Cal McLean – Principal clinical scientist
Ana Costa – Lead physiologist
Zachary Jones – Senior physiologist
Dayanthpriya Polenthirarajah – Physiologist
Emmanuella Igeze – Assistant physiologist
Jose Alvaro Condat – Assistant physiologist

Administrative staff

Michael Kanyike – Sleep studies and MRI coordinator
Eleanora De La Cruz – Team lead medical secretary (ENT and respiratory)

Patient information

Before your appointment

Appointments are usually within 6 weeks. Urgent cases are prioritised. You may receive appointment letters by post or be contacted by phone.

Please bring:

  • Your child’s red book
  • Appointment letter and card
  • Your contact details and GP info
  • Questions for the consultant

If you need an interpreter, call 020 3312 1377 to arrange in advance.

During your appointment

Please go to paediatric outpatients on the sixth floor, QEQM building, St Mary’s Hospital. The consultant will take a history, ask you to complete a questionnaire and fit your child with sensors.

After your appointment

Reports are typically ready within two weeks. A follow-up appointment may be arranged with a sleep specialist, ENT, respiratory, allergy, neurology or psychiatry clinic.

How to set up your child’s sleep study at home

Patient information leaflets

Referrals

GP referrals

Use NHS e-Referrals to refer to:
Paediatrics | Paediatric respiratory sleep TRIAGE | St Mary’s | Imperial NHS Trust | RYJ

External referrals

Address to Professor Habibi and send to:
imperial.paediatric_sleepreferrals@nhs.net

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