We care for children and young people, from newborns to adolescents, with a wide variety of sleep problems.
Our service was established in 2000 and is one of the few comprehensive children's sleep centres in the UK.
What we do
We see more than 3,000 children each year in our clinics and laboratories.
As part of the Guy's and St Thomas' Lifespan Sleep Group, we can make sure young people move seamlessly to our adult sleep medicine services when they turn 16.
We provide clinical evaluation, diagnosis and management of children with all forms of sleep disorders. Sleep disorders treated by our staff include:
- narcolepsy
- circadian rhythm disorders
- parasomnias
- sleep-disordered breathing
- sleep apnoea
- nightmares
- insomnia.
Find out more about the conditions we treat.
The centre is one of the busiest in the UK, providing a complete range of sleep evaluations, from simple diagnostics to complex sleep studies.
Our 5-bed facility and home testing facilities allow us to evaluate patients with any type of sleep disorder, including complex sleep and seizure disorders.
We also work closely with our colleagues in respiratory medicine to support the children's long-term ventilation service.
Our team
We have a strong multidisciplinary team (a team made up of lots of different health professionals), including:
- sleep consultants
- respiratory consultants
- neurophysiologists
- sleep physiologists
- sleep psychologists
- sleep health visitors
We also work with colleagues from:
For more information, see our team page.