Position Statement: Assistant practitioners and ultrasound scans for fetal growth monitoring and assessment

This position statement has been published by SCoR in consideration whether Assistant Practitioners (APs) could undertake ultrasound examinations for fetal growth monitoring and assessment purposes in the second and third trimesters. It concludes that such growth scans for fetal monitoring and assessment purposes currently fall outside of the SCoR’s Assistant Practitioner scope of practice and reasons are given within the position statement.