Radiographers Sound Alarm Over High Street Baby Scans

Concerns have been raised about the number of clinics providing baby scans without a trained sonographer Alamy/PA

Leading radiographers have raised serious concerns about “unsafe” high street clinics offering baby scans without a trained specialist after reports of babies being misdiagnosed as having died and medical emergencies being missed.

The Society of Radiographers said there has been a proliferation of high street clinics offering pregnancy scans.