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Our Sleep Study Services

Sleep apnoea is not the only condition that disrupts sleep and affects health, but it is the most commonly missed. Our sleep clinic is designed to identify, diagnose, and guide treatment for sleep-disordered breathing with the precision of a consultant respiratory specialist.

Home Sleep Study
Home Sleep Study

A straightforward, patient-friendly sleep study carried out in the comfort of your own home using a medical-grade monitoring device. The device records your breathing patterns, oxygen levels, heart rate, and sleep data overnight, capturing what is actually happening while you sleep rather than in an unfamiliar clinical environment.

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Assessment
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) Assessment

A clinical assessment for obstructive sleep apnoea, the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing, including a review of your symptoms, risk factors, and sleep history, alongside the results of your sleep study. Professor McManus interprets your results at a consultant level, providing a clear diagnosis and recommendations rather than leaving you with data and no context.

Oxygen Level & Breathing Pattern Analysis
Oxygen Level & Breathing Pattern Analysis

Overnight monitoring of blood oxygen saturation and breathing patterns to identify episodes of apnoea, hypopnoea, and oxygen desaturation, the key clinical indicators of sleep-disordered breathing and its severity.

Results Consultation & Treatment Planning
Results Consultation & Treatment Planning

Following your sleep study, a dedicated results consultation with Professor McManus covers your findings in full, what they mean, how serious they are, and what treatment options are available. Where CPAP therapy or other intervention is indicated, clear next steps are provided.

NHS Pathway Support
NHS Pathway Support

A private sleep study and consultant diagnosis from Blackwater Private Clinic can meaningfully accelerate your treatment pathway within the NHS, giving you a clinical head start rather than waiting months simply to reach the diagnostic stage through the public system.

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Meet Our Specialists

A dedicated team of experienced professionals focused on your health, comfort, and confidence.

Terry McManus
Terry McManus

Respiratory Consultant

Colette Lawless
Colette Lawless

Respiratory Consultant

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FAQs

Get quick answers to common questions about our services.

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea occurs when the muscles at the back of the throat relax during sleep, causing the airway to narrow or close and interrupting normal breathing. Common signs include loud snoring, waking up gasping or choking, being told you stop breathing during sleep, waking unrefreshed despite a full night's sleep, excessive daytime tiredness, and morning headaches. Many sufferers are entirely unaware they have it, a partner or family member noticing breathing pauses during sleep is often the first clue.

Because the symptoms happen while you are asleep. You cannot observe your own breathing during the night, and the daytime consequences, tiredness, poor concentration, low mood, are easy to attribute to work stress, lifestyle, or simply getting older. An estimated 80% of people with OSA in the UK remain undiagnosed, meaning millions are unknowingly living with a condition that is raising their cardiovascular risk every night.

Untreated obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with a significantly elevated risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cognitive decline. The repeated drops in blood oxygen that occur during apnoeic episodes put sustained stress on the cardiovascular system over time, making early diagnosis and treatment genuinely important rather than optional.

Our Sleep Clinic is led by Professor Terry McManus, a Consultant Respiratory Physician with specialist expertise in sleep medicine. Professor McManus interprets all sleep study results at consultant level, ensuring your diagnosis and treatment recommendations come from one of the most experienced respiratory specialists available privately in Ireland.

Public sleep study waiting lists can be lengthy, and in many cases, patients wait months simply to reach the diagnostic stage before any treatment begins. A private sleep study and consultant diagnosis from Blackwater Private Clinic provides clinical documentation that can meaningfully accelerate your position within the NHS treatment pathway, potentially cutting months off the time between suspecting a problem and receiving treatment.

No. Home sleep studies are designed to be as simple and unobtrusive as possible, the monitoring device is straightforward to use and patients are guided through setup before they take it home. Most people find they sleep normally or near-normally with the device in place. The data captured overnight gives Professor McManus the clinical information needed for an accurate diagnosis without requiring you to spend a night in a hospital sleep unit.

Waking up exhausted after a full night's sleep is not normal

If you snore heavily, wake gasping, or have been told you stop breathing during the night, it deserves proper clinical investigation rather than being put down to stress or lifestyle.

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