Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Fund more frequent baby scans for pregnant women
Closed
274 signatures
What the petition asks
The UK has some of the lowest scan rates in Europe, More scans need to be done during all pregnancies to increase the change of abnormalities being caught early. There were around 2000 stillborn babies in 2020, which accounts for around 4 in 1000 pregnancies.
I had an uncomplicated natural birth for my first child and as such was considered low risk for my second. I fell pregnant with my second in early February 2020, at first scan was on the everything was perfect. My next scan was in May and then my third at 34 weeks in September. Only 3 scans in total over 9 months. As it happened I had gone back to Poland and paid for a scan to be done while I was there and found my son had what appeared to be Hydrocephalus.
Timeline
| 16 Aug 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Feb 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
274
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
16 Aug 2021
Closed
16 Feb 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.