Guidance and recommendations for running an effective, high-quality obstetric ultrasound service and supporting obstetric sonographer career development

This document aims to support improvements in antenatal ultrasound services, with a focus on different aspects of service provision and staff wellbeing. It’s purpose is to support sonographers to make changes that impact on multiprofessional teams, communication, job satisfaction, and ultimately service delivery and the care provided for expectant parents.

Following reviews of perinatal and neonatal services in the UK, a number of key issues have been raised that impact on pregnancy outcomes. These will be used as a focus to explore potential improvements that can be made to antenatal ultrasound services, based on research, evidence-based practice guidance and anecdotal evidence from sonographers about the challenges and opportunities for improvement within the service.