For Referrers & Healthcare Practitioners
The clinic undertakes Home Sleep Studies as an agent of Specialist Services Medical Group (these studies require a referral from GP or specialist). For referral forms click Download.
The home sleep studies offered by Specialist Services Medical Group are suitable for the a large number of patients requiring sleep investigation for a presumed disorder. Contact us if you have any queries concerning the suitability of a home study for your patient’s case.
ACT Pensioners may be eligible for the provision of continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) provided through the ACT Government after a home sleep study has been performed and significant sleep apnea found. NSW Pensioners may also require an overnight sleep laboratory study on a CPAP device before an application can be processed to justify a CPAP device.
If you would like some educational brochures or one of our staff members to run an information seminar on snoring and sleep apnea and the services we provide, please contact us on 02 6162 1802 or use our online contact form.
Want to know more about CPAP and sleep apnea treatment?
A number of professional organisations provide unbiased advice about sleep apnea. For more information visit:
- Australian Lung Foundations (www.lungnet.org.au or 1800 654 301)
- Australasian Sleep Association (www.sleep.org.au)
- Sleep Health Foundation (www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au)
- Patient support groups:
- Sleep Apnea Association ACT (www.sleepapnea-act.org.au or 02 6290 1984)
- Sleep Disorders Australia (www.sleepoz.org.au or 02 9990 3514)