Our clinic has been rated “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission at their inspection in April 2022. The report was published in July and you can read it here. Only a very few healthcare services achieve this rating, so we are extremely proud of this!
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. They make sure services provide people with safe, compassionate and high quality care. The CQC inspect services, issue ratings and take action if standards fall short.
Somerset Early Scans were rated outstanding because:
“People were protected by a strong safety system with a focus on openness, transparency, and learning when things go wrong….The service had enough highly qualified staff to care for women and keep them safe… Staff provided excellent care and treatment… The service had been nominated for a range of awards. Recently, it had won the ‘Ultrasound Clinic of the Year Award 2022’ and were runners up in the Somerset Business Awards 2021 for ‘Service Excellence’… People were truly respected and valued as individuals and were partners in their care, practically and emotionally by an exceptional service…The service used a systematic approach to continually improve the quality of its services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in this field would flourish… Staff felt respected, supported and valued… The leadership, governance and culture were used to drive and improve high-quality person-centred care.”
The CQC have issued advice as to how to choose a pregnancy scanning clinic. You can read this here.
Somerset Early Scans’ clinics are in two locations; Bridgwater, Somerset and Paulton, near Bath. We provide early, middle and late in pregnancy scans including early scans, gender and 4D scans. We also offer Harmony Non Invasive Prenatal Screening tests from 10 weeks of pregnancy onwards. Our gynaecology services include pelvic ultrasound scans both before and after menopause. Our Bridgwater clinic is a fertility and IVF satellite clinic in partnership with the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine. To book an appointment click here.