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Leading radiographers have voiced grave concerns over "unsafe" high street clinics providing baby scans without qualified specialists. The Society of Radiographers (SoR) gas highlighted a surge in such pregnancy scan clinics, saying that anyone with an ultrasound machine can currently claim to be a sonographer without proper training or regulation. Reports detail instances of babies being wrongly diagnosed as deceased, critical medical emergencies overlooked, and major abnormalities missed. The SoR is calling for sonographers to have a "protected" job title, meaning only those with qualifications and registered with a regulatory body would be able to use the title. The Department of Health and Social Care has stated a commitment to appropriate regulation for health professions and promised to consider proposals from professional bodies.
