The Sheffield clinic has been told to ensure sonographers are suitably qualified to do their job.
The Care Quality Commission inspected the Baby Ultrasound Clinic in Sheffield in June
Inspectors raised concerns about staff documentation and the lack of a "robust process" for monitoring scan accuracy.Following the visit in June, the service was issued with a warning notice due to concerns found around governance.the clinic "did not ensure that staff had all the appropriate documentation for their role".
They referred to a complaint from a woman who claimed she had not been told about an abnormality seen on her scan and her care record showed no referral had been made. Sarah Dronsfield, CQC head of hospital inspection, said: "Staff told us they would ring emergency services, however, there was no process to identify when staff should escalate any concerns."
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