Sleep Clinics
| Respiratory Department Charing Cross Hospital Fulham Palace Road London W6 8RF Dr Andrew Cummin |
Respiratory Department City General Hospital Newcastle Road Stoke Staffs ST4 6QG Dr Martin Allen |
| The Burden Centre Frenchay Hospital Frenchay Park Road Bristol Avon BS16 1LE Dr Jonathan Bird Dr Dietmar Hank |
Respiratory Department Heartlands Hospital Bordesley Green East Birmingham B9 5SS Dr Dev Banerjee |
| Institute of Neurology 33 Queen Square London WC1N 3BG Prof Matthew Walker |
The Hanning Sleep Centre Leicester General Hospital Gwendolen Road Leicester LE5 4PW Dr Andrew Hall Dr Philippa Graf-Baker |
| RSSC Papworth Hospital Papworth Everard Cambs CB23 3RE Dr Ian Smith Dr John Shneerson Dr Mike Davies Dr Tim Quinnell |
Neurology Department Royal Hallamshire Hospital Glossop Road Sheffield S Yorks S10 2JF Dr Gary Dennis |
| Fox-Lane Respiratory Unit St. Thomas’ Hospital Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH Dr Adrian Williams Dr Chris Kosky Dr Rex Muza |
Newport Sleep Centre St. Woollos Hospital Stow Hill Newport Gwent NP20 4SZ Dr Melissa Hack |
| James Cook University Hospital Martin Road Middlesbrough Teeside Paul Reading |
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 56 Little France Crescent Edinburgh Tom Mackay Renata Riha |
| Newcastle General Westgate Road Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne and Wear Kirstie Anderson |
Hope Hospital/Bolton General Stott Lane Salford Manchester Paul Cooper Peter Turkington |
| Conquest Hospital The Ridge, St Leonards on Sea Hastings Meredith/Merritt |
Pontefract Infirmary Friarwood Lane Pontefract Wakefield Anthony Johnson |
| Victoria Hospital London Road, East Grinstead, W Sussex Angus Nesbitt Peter Venn |
Walton Centre Lower Lane Fazakerley Liverpool Nick Silver Ivan Iniesta |
| Gartnaval 1055 Great Western Road Glasgow Willie Gilchrist |
Children’s Centre Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital Headley Way Zenobia Zaiwalla |
| Royal Devon and Exeter Barrack Road Exeter Devon Adam Zeman |
Sunderland Royal Infirmary Kayll Road Sunderland Tyne and Wear Gerry Meachery |
| Darlington Memorial Hospital Hollyhurst Road Darlington, Durham Alwyn Foden |
Southampton Tremona Road Southampton Hampshire A. Pinto |
| Belfast City Hospital 51 Lisbon Road Belfast Northern Ireland P. Gleadhill |
North Manchester General Hospital Delauney Road Crumpsall Davie Weir |
| York District Hospital Wiggington Road York North Yorkshire Pam Crawford |
Aintree University Hospital Lower Lane Fazakerley Liverpool John O’Rielly |
| Sleep Matters Sleep Matters is an insomnia self-help group that is managed by the Medical Advisory Service. The Medical Advisory Service mans telephone support lines which provide help on a wide variety of health-related topics. It is manned by work-disabled nurses. PO BOX 3087 London W4 4ZP INSOMNIA LINE: 020 8994 9874 |
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Who develops RLS?
| Analyses have shown that adults of all ages may be affected, but the prevalence increases with age. RLS typically appears during middle age but symptoms may date back to childhood when the symptoms may have been shrugged off as “growing pains” or “hyperactivity”. Many sufferers report experiencing symptoms before the age of 20. More than 60% of sufferers say their symptoms became progressively worse with age, so symptoms may have been present for many years before medical attention was sought. Many suffer increasing daytime fatigue as the symptoms get worse and sleep becomes more fragmented. Large-scale study groups in Europe and the US have provided evidence that RLS may be associated with high body-mass index, lower income, smoking, lack of exercise, low alcohol consumption and diabetes mellitus. Women seem marginally more likely to be affected than men. There is also evidence to suggest a higher incidence among people with cardiac problems and high blood pressure. |
