Warning over 'unsafe' high street baby scans

LEADING radiographers have raised serious concerns about "unsafe" high street clinics offering baby scans without a trained specialist.

- By Ella Pickover

It follows reports of babies being misdiagnosed as having died, and of medical emergencies being missed.

The Society of Radiographers said there has been a proliferation of private clinics offering the scans.

It said anyone with an ultrasound machine can call themselves a sonographer but other health professionals must be qualified and regulated.

When people perform scans without proper training it can lead to “unsafe” situations for the mother and baby, the society said.

It highlighted examples including: