Lesley Mattock

Lesley began working for the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals in 1996. She transferred from the Respiratory Function Unit at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital to the Pulmonary Function Unit at the Northern General Hospital in 2000.  She graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Biomedical Science from Sheffield Hallam University in 2001.

She is a member of The Association for Respiratory Physiologists and Technologists (ARTP) and The British Sleep Society (BTS) and a registered member of The Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP).

Lesley currently works as a Chief Respiratory Clinical Physiologist based in the Pulmonary Function Unit (PFU).  Her main role involves performing diagnostic sleep studies including Overnight Pulse Oximetry and Limited Polysomnography. She is responsible for initiating Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy on patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.  Once established on CPAP, patients are seen regularly in PFU to ensure compliance with treatment.

Lesley also provides consultation and advice to sleep disorder patients during a physiologist led outpatient clinic and amends or instigates treatment as required.

As a chief physiologist, Lesley is highly skilled in performing all the specialist tests performed within the department and also has an active role in teaching  the ARTP/BTS Spirometry Foundation Course to GP’s, physiotherapists, practice nurses and occupational health nurses.  She also lectures medical students on the interpretation of respiratory tests.

Lesley has been involved in many research projects, some of which have which have been published in Thorax and Inspire.