Babysteps

Ratings

• Overall

  Inadequate

• Safe

  Inadequate

• Effective

  Inadequate

• Caring

  Inadequate

• Responsive

  Inadequate

• Well-led

  Inadequate

Our view of the service

Babysteps is operated by 1 person who is the responsible individual for the service. The service carries out pregnancy ultrasound scans for souvenir images, rather than for clinical purposes or as part of a pregnancy pathway of care. Facilities included 1 scanning room, reception area and waiting room.

We inspected the service on 24 February 2026. This was a scheduled, announced, comprehensive inspection. We gave the service 7 days' notice that we were coming to inspect to ensure the service was open. The service was first registered with CQC on 20 May 2024 and has never been inspected. This is a single location with no previous CQC registrations.

We found breaches in relation to Safe Care and Treatment, Safeguarding, Good Governance and Equipment and premises.

Following our assessment of Babysteps, we issued an Urgent Suspension Notice. The service has been placed in special measures. The purpose of special measures is to ensure that services providing inadequate care make significant improvements. Special measures provide a framework within which we use our enforcement powers in response to inadequate care and provide a timeframe within which providers must improve the quality of the care they provide.

The nominated individual was already known to CQC and had previously been served a Warning Notice due to operating as an unregistered provider.