Dr Alanna HareClinician

Biography

Dr Alanna Hare is a Consultant Physician in Sleep and Respiratory Failure at Royal Brompton Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where she runs specialist clinics in sleep disorders and domiciliary ventilation. She is President of the British Sleep Society and Honorary Treasurer of the British Thoracic Society, sitting on their Board. She authored the National Sleep Outpatient Pathway on behalf of NHS England and Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), and between 2022 and 2024 was an invited member of the National Task Force on Chronic Insomnia, developing guidance for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sleep. She holds a Master's in Clinical Education with Distinction, a PGCert in Medical Leadership, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and completed postgraduate training in cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) at the University of Oxford. In 2025 she was awarded a National Clinical Impact Award in recognition of her work in sleep and respiratory medicine.

References

1. 1.Dr Alanna Hare | Royal Brompton & Harefield hospitals — Current role, BSS presidency, BTS treasurer role, authorship of National Sleep Outpatient Pathway for NHS England/GIRFT, qualifications and training history
2. 2.Dr Alanna Hare | Consultant in Sleep Medicine | Cromwell Hospital — 2025 National Clinical Impact Award, APPG on Sleep task force membership (2022–2024), BSS presidency, BTS chair history, press coverage outlets
3. 3.BTS welcomes incoming Honorary Treasurer | British Thoracic Society — BSS presidency, national outpatient pathway programme with GIRFT and NHSE, education and training background, BTS honorary treasurer appointment
4. 4.Dr Alanna Hare: KHPeople :: King's Health Partners — BSS presidency, National Outpatient Pathway for Sleep Medicine on behalf of NHS England and GIRFT, clinical role at Royal Brompton
5. 5.Contact Us – British Sleep Society

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• Sleep medicine and sleep disorders
• NHS outpatient pathway reform
• Respiratory failure and non-invasive ventilation
• Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi)
• Clinical education and workforce training
• Sleep policy and public health

Notable achievements

• Authored the National Sleep Outpatient Pathway on behalf of NHS England and GIRFT, chaired the national multiprofessional group that developed it. Source ↗
• Awarded a National Clinical Impact Award in 2025 in recognition of the national importance of her work in sleep and respiratory medicine. Source ↗
• Appointed Consultant in Sleep and Respiratory Failure at the Royal Brompton Hospital in 2014. Source ↗
• Invited member of the National Task Force on Chronic Insomnia (2022–2024), developing guidance for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sleep. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “Daridorexant improves sleep by cutting night-time waking by about 20 minutes and sleep onset by 12 minutes, but more importantly, it boosts people's perception of sleep quality and their daytime functioning.”

  president of the British Sleep Society · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · NHS access to promising sleeping pill daridorexant is patchy, say doctors ↗

Source references

1. NHS access to promising sleeping pill daridorexant is patchy, say doctorstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.sleepsociety.org.uk/alanna-hare/
• Staff pagehttps://www.rbht.nhs.uk/specialists/dr-alanna-hare
• Press office emailadmin@sleepsociety.org.ukpublished here ↗

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