Elite Community Ultrasound

Ratings

• Overall

  Requires improvement

• Safe

  Requires improvement

• Effective

  Good

• Caring

  Good

• Responsive

  Good

• Well-led

  Requires improvement

Our view of the service

Date of assessment: 23 April 2026.

Elite Community Ultrasound provides private pregnancy scans, fertility assessments, health ultrasound scans, vascular imaging, musculoskeletal scans and blood tests.

The service is located on a business park in Ashford, Kent. The location comprises office and clinic facilities and serves as the base for both administrative and clinical operations.

The service registered with CQC in February 2024. We carried out this assessment because the service had not previously been assessed since registration.

We visited the scanning room, reception and waiting area, and staff areas. We observed 4 ultrasound procedures and looked at 23 online reviews. We spoke with the registered manager and available staff members.

This assessment focused on the regulated activity of diagnostic and screening procedures. This was the first assessment of the service. We rated the service as requires improvement overall.

The service was in breach of the legal requirements relating to good governance. Governance systems and processes were not always effective in assessing, monitoring and improving the quality and safety of the service.

Elite Community Ultrasound provides diagnostic and screening services to private patients. The organisation currently operates from a registered site in Ashford, Kent, comprising a ground floor office and clinic located on a business park. This location is the base for both administrative and clinical services. The service also operates from 2 other clinic sites that are not currently registered with CQC. This matter is being addressed with the registered manager.

Appointments are available every day of the week. The organisation has one sonographer who was also the registered manager who is responsible for managing the regulated activities at the service. The service also employed 4 administrative staff and an off-site human resources staff member

Elite Community Ultrasound provides scanning services to adults from 16 years of age. It offers pregnancy and other medical scans. The assessment was carried out due to the length of time since registration without an assessment.

We found a breach of the legal regulations in relation to good governance and safeguarding.