Updated
29 July 2026
Before the Stork is an independent provider established in 2006 to provide parents with a memorable keepsake of their pregnancy through professional images and film of their unborn baby using ultrasound equipment.
The service is in Litherland, Liverpool, with good transport links and on-street parking. The service is located on the ground floor of a privately leased property. The service offers early pregnancy reassurance scans (from 6 to 14 weeks pregnancy), sexing/gender scans, 2D, 3D and 4D scans undertaken in HDLive (from 14-32 weeks pregnancy) and growth and presentation scans (from 24 weeks to term).
The main service provided was diagnostic imaging for baby keepsake scan pictures.
Updated
26 January 2026
We inspected this service using our comprehensive inspection methodology. We carried out a short announced inspection on 26 May 2026. We assessed all quality statements from the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions.
Before the Stork is operated by Before The Stork Limited. The service provides a range of private ultrasound scans in 2D, 3D, 4D and HD LIVE for self-funding pregnant women aged 16 years of age and over. This included early scan, gender scan and growth/presentation scans. We refer to women in this report, but recognise that some transgender men, non-binary people and people with variations in sex characteristics (VSC) or who are intersex may also use these services. The service had a registered manager in post since initial registration and was registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to provide the regulated activity diagnostic and screening procedures. All scans were performed by a registered diagnostic radiographer registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
During our inspection, we reviewed the premises which included a reception area, scanning room, kitchen, toilet and administrative area.
We reviewed policies and procedures. We reviewed staff recruitment files, competency and training records. We observed 2 scans.
The service had made improvements and is no longer in breach of regulations.