More Information

Services for Occupational Health programmes

We can help you identify and support staff with OSA so you can reduce machine accident rates, driving accident rates, cut sick leave and absence rates, increase morale and boost productivity.

 

The Centre for Healthy Sleep can assist you in setting up a simple, cost effective screening service to quickly identify those employees at risk of OSA. We can also provide the same level of support for diagnosis, treatment and long term care of these employees if required.

Identifying sufferers, getting a diagnosis and then providing effective treatment will help you keep your people happily and healthily in work. Call us on 01235 862997 to speak with our OSA Business Development Manager and find out more.

 

Driving and obstructive sleep apnoea:

  1. 28% of drivers have untreated sleep apnea¹
  2. These drivers are six times more likely to be in an accident
  3. These drivers are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke
  4. Companies spend twice as much on their medical expenses

Taken from research carried out as part of the Sleep 4a Healthy Life programme, run by ResMed in the USA.

 

 

Other impacts of OSA:

  1. Sleepiness caused by OSA is extremely dangerous among drivers and machine operators
  2. OSA is linked to higher rates of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, severe headaches and depression
  3. Tired people are less productive - and OSA sufferers are always tired

 

As an employer, you can be confident that your investment in diagnosis and treatment will deliver results. In line with the NICE guidance we offer ResMed CPAP machines to diagnosed OSA sufferers. Comfortable, convenient devices combined with our ongoing support services mean that the number of people who continue to use their machines is extremely high.

 

 

If your company would like to find out more about the service we can offer, please call us on 01235 862997. We can provide clinical contacts, references from companies who already use our Centres for Healthy Sleep and information for your finance team.

 

Reference - 1. Pack et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;174:446-454