Workplace Sleep Health Support, Led by Clinicians
Doctor-led workplace sleep health support, with clinical pathways for diagnosis and treatment of insomnia and sleep apnea.
Poor sleep is not just a wellbeing issue. It directly affects productivity, safety, sickness absence and healthcare costs. We help organisations identify sleep-related risk, understand what’s driving it, and take clinically appropriate action — from workforce insight to diagnosis and treatment where needed.
Poor sleep is common in working adults and is closely linked to reduced cognitive performance, lower productivity and poorer physical and mental health — creating real challenges for employers. The figures below illustrate the scale of this impact.
The Impact of Poor Sleep in the Workplace
Sleep deprivation impairs performance in a way comparable to alcohol intoxication. Staying awake for around 17 hours produces cognitive impairment similar to a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.
Short sleep is associated with material reductions in concentration, reaction time and work performance.
Source: Dawson & Reid, Nature (1997); RAND Europe (2017)
Productivity & Performance
Absence & Presenteeism
Employees with insomnia are significantly more likely to take sick leave, with chronic insomnia linked to higher sickness absence and long-term work impairment.
Evidence also shows that the majority of economic loss from poor sleep comes from presenteeism — people at work but functioning below capacity — rather than absence alone.
Source: Lallukka et al., Sleep (2014); RAND Europe (2017)
Insomnia and disrupted sleep are strong predictors of depression, anxiety and burnout. In many cases, sleep disturbance precedes the onset of common mental health conditions.
Improving sleep has been shown to lead to meaningful improvements in mood, resilience and overall wellbeing, even without direct mental health intervention.
Source: Baglioni et al., Journal of Affective Disorders (2011); Cunningham et al.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Safety & Risk
Fatigue related to poor sleep is associated with slower reaction times, reduced vigilance and increased error rates, increasing safety risk in the workplace.
Shift work and irregular hours are consistently linked to elevated fatigue and higher injury risk, particularly in safety-critical roles.
Source: HSE; Folkard & Lombardi, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Healt
Cost to Businesses
Poor sleep is estimated to cost the UK economy around £40 billion per year through lost productivity, sickness absence and presenteeism — equivalent to around 1.5–2% of GDP.
This represents a material and ongoing cost to employers, not just an individual wellbeing issue.
Source: RAND Europe — Why Sleep Matters (2017)
While the impact of poor sleep is significant, it is also treatable. With the right insight and evidence-based support, organisations can identify sleep-related risk, improve sleep health across their workforce, and deliver lasting benefits for wellbeing, performance and safety.
The Impact of Better Sleep at Work
When sleep health improves across a workforce, organisations consistently see measurable benefits across performance, attendance, wellbeing and safety.
Better sleep at work is associated with:
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Employees are more alert, make fewer errors and sustain performance across the working day
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Better sleep supports attention, reaction time and cognitive resilience.
Employees are more alert, make fewer errors and sustain performance across the working day
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Supporting recovery and reducing burnout, stress and long-term health risk.
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Sleep health plays a key role in reducing both short-term and chronic absence.
These benefits are most consistently seen when sleep interventions are targeted, evidence-based and supported at an organisational level. To improve sleep at work, organisations first need a clear, evidence-based understanding of how sleep is affecting their workforce.
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Particularly relevant in shift-based and safety-critical roles.
To help organisations understand how sleep is affecting wellbeing, performance and safety at work, we offer a free workplace sleep health assessment.
The assessment provides a clear, evidence-based snapshot of sleep across your workforce, including the specific challenges faced by shift workers, early starters and employees with irregular schedules. It is confidential, clinician-designed and offered with no obligation, helping organisations identify where targeted support could have the greatest impact.
Many sleep problems in working adults remain unrecognised or untreated, meaning organisations are often managing the impact without visibility of the cause.
Free Workplace Sleep Health Assessment
What we offer
We are pleased to offer bespoke packages to organisations and employers to improve sleep in the workplace. We have several ways to help including;
Free Sleep Health Assessments
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We offer free workplace sleep health assessments to understand the sleep problems facing your workforce.
To arrange email us this email us at team@thebettersleepclinic.co.uk
Live Workshops with Q&A
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Our workshops cover a range of topics, including Sleep Health and Wellbeing, Sleep and Shiftwork, Sleep Challenges during Perimenopause and Menopause and Child and Adolescent Sleep Problems.
On-demand video content
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We can offer these to meet the needs of staff, including tailored courses for shift workers.
Management of Sleep Disorders
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If you have an employee who is struggling with their sleep, then we have a team of specialists who can diagnose and treat their sleep disorder. Many organisations that have professional drivers find it extremely useful to have a sleep clinic on hand to assess any driver they think is at risk of obstructive sleep apnea. Our rapid assessments minimise the impact this has to the driver and organisation.
Testimonials
Dr David Garley has been to Airbus twice now . He gave an educational and enlightening talk on the importance of sleep, and it was truly eye-opening. His expertise in the field was evident as he broke down complex concepts into practical advice that we can easily implement in our daily lives. The insights shared on how sleep impacts our health, productivity, and overall well-being were both compelling and motivating. The session was extremely well received and attended and we hope to continue to work with The Better Sleep Clinic to support all our employees at Airbus. Employees reported feeling 'empowered to make positive changes to my sleep routine’.
Zena Greene, Head of Employee Wellbeing, Airbus
"Working with the Better Sleep Clinic has hugely benefitted our understanding and response to sleep-related conditions that might affect our drivers' wellbeing. We have found their insights and their service to be of the highest quality, complementing our key processes relating to fatigue and the causes of fatigue"
Mark Hollis, Head of Third Party Delivery and Network Control
Workplace Sleep Health and Wellbeing
Catch up on our latest webinar, where Dr David Garley dives into why workplace sleep health is essential for your employees and how your organisation can make a lasting difference. This insightful session explores the science of sleep, its impact on workplace performance, and actionable steps to foster a well-rested workforce.
Start building a workplace culture where your employees can thrive—beginning with better sleep.