TY - JOUR T1 - A 4-week wait ‘fast-track’ sleep service is effective at establishing vocational drivers on continuous positive airway pressure JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 401 LP - 402 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-5-401 VL - 17 IS - 5 AU - Sophie D West AU - Beatrice Downie AU - Gillian Olds AU - Mark Tomlinson AU - Claire Wotton AU - Emma Firth AU - Alison McMillan Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/5/401.abstract N2 - 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. ER -