Window To The Womb Stoke

Updated 12 June 2026

Date of assessment 18 March 2026. The assessment commenced due to an aged rating and was a short notice announced inspection.

Window To The Womb Stoke provides ultrasound scans which include a health or wellbeing check designed to confirm that the pregnancy is developing as expected.

This assessment looked at diagnostic and screening services which we have rated as good in all domains.

In our assessment of the service we found the service had a proactive and positive culture of safety, based on openness and honesty.

In our assessment of the service, we found that the service had a proactive and positive culture of safety, based on openness and honesty. The service supported women to manage their health and wellbeing to maximise their independence, choice and control. The service was exceptional at treating women with kindness, empathy and compassion and in how they respected women’s privacy and dignity. The service was exceptional in how they listened to and understood patient’s needs, views and wishes. The service had clear responsibilities, roles, systems of accountability and good governance.

However

Some staff did not fully understand the concept of duty of candour. We raised this with the nominated individual during the inspection and following the inspection, leaders reissued the duty of candour policy to all staff to review and sign.

Updated 17 February 2026

Over the last 12 months, Window To The Womb Stoke had seen 4214 people of which 3698 were pregnancy scans, 266 gynaecological scans, 218 blood tests, and 32 general scans.

We reviewed all quality statements for each key question for this assessment of Window To The Womb Stoke. We last inspected the service in 2021 under our old CQC framework when it was rated outstanding overall. At this inspection we have rated it as good overall.

During the visit we interviewed staff and leaders, observed scans, reviewed service records, spoke to 3 women and their families, and reviewed 4 women’s reports.

We refer to women in this report, but we recognise that some transgender men, non-binary people and people with variations in sex characteristics (VSC) or who are intersex may also use services and experience some of the same issues.

Updated 17 December 2019

Diagnostic imaging was the only activity the service provided.

We rated this service as good because it was safe, caring, responsive and well-led. We do not rate the key question of effective for this type of service.