PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sophie D West
AU  - Beatrice Downie
AU  - Gillian Olds
AU  - Mark Tomlinson
AU  - Claire Wotton
AU  - Emma Firth
AU  - Alison McMillan
TI  - A 4-week wait ‘fast-track’ sleep service is effective at establishing vocational drivers on continuous positive airway pressure
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-401
DP  - 2017 Oct 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 401--402
VI  - 17
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/5/401.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/5/401.full
SO  - Clin Med2017 Oct 01; 17
AB  - We sought to establish whether an expedited or ‘fast-track’ NHS service to diagnose obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and establish vocational drivers on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) within 4 weeks of referral was possible. This model is recommended by the OSA Partnership Group. In total, 55 vocational drivers were referred to two sleep services. Assessment showed 73% had moderate or severe OSA on sleep study. Of those commenced on CPAP, review was a mean of 15 days after initiation (range 3–62 days). Median time from referral (or first clinic visit) to review on CPAP was 32 days, showing a ‘fast-track’ pathway is deliverable.