Written Question · S6W-12427 · Session 6
What its response is to reports in The Ferret that 40 of the 45 clinics that offer private pregnancy scans operate without being registered…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports in The Ferret that 40 of the 45 clinics that offer private pregnancy scans operate without being registered
with Healthcare Improvement Scotland, with only those classed as being run
by healthcare professionals being required to register.
The answer
NHS Scotland provides expectant mothers with all clinically recommended scans during the course of their pregnancy.
Anyone choosing to have scans elsewhere, for any purpose, should choose a provider regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and satisfy themselves that the sonographer is a suitably qualified and registered healthcare practitioner.
Anyone choosing to have scans elsewhere, for any purpose, should choose a provider regulated by Healthcare Improvement Scotland and satisfy themselves that the sonographer is a suitably qualified and registered healthcare practitioner.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-12427 by reference.