Twinkle House Sleep Clinic

Accredited by: The Handsel Trust and Royal College of Nursing

Who can use this service?

This service is for families of children and young people 0-18 with disabilities and additional needs in West Lancashire.

What support will be available?

  • Our Sleep Practitioner will arrange a mutually agreed time at Twinkle House
  • At the appointment you will be asked a series of about 40 questions to identify any causes and to get a full picture of the difficulties.
  • You will be offered: advice, guidance, strategies and resources if required. You may be offered support for your child / young person to attend sessions at Twinkle House.
  • You may be offered specialist resources to support your child/young person.
  • You will be offered follow up appointments where required.
  • You may be referred to other specialist services with your consent
  • You will be asked to complete a feedback form

Referrals

  • Families can refer themselves to this service by telephoning 01695 455626, we will ask families to make a small contribution for this service that will be means tested.
  • *Referrals can be made by GP’s and other Health Professionals by using our Referral Form downloadable from our website, or telephone 01695455626 for hard copies.
  • *Referrals from schools/school nurses can be made using our Referral Form as above.

You will not be offered any advice on medication, or given any medication

*Health, Social Care services, organisations and schools will be charged for this service in the near future.

A Parent’s Comment on success from using our Sleep Clinic (M Seagrove, April 2011)

“The light* and CD’s (stories) worked amazingly well. Within four weeks of accessing the service Max was staying in his bed and asleep within the hour. This was amazing! As this process normally took 4-5 hours”

Max said “I sleep a lot better since I have been here”

[*The light refers to a star projector and CD’s available in our Snooze-A-way Sacks via our Specialist Resource Library]