Gosforth Private Clinic

Excellent service by Gosforth Private Clinic! They went above and beyond to ensure they could fit me in for my blood tests as soon as they possibly could with rapid results of less than 48hours! I would highly recommend this clinic.

Visited today for an early scan. I could not recommend this clinic more. The staff were fantastic, from the woman who was on the desk to the woman who performed the scan. I felt at ease from the minute we stepped through the doors. Will definitely be coming back for our gender scan in a couple of months

Me and my partner came in for a 4D scan package today the service was amazing so friendly and polite really made Us feel comfortable from the first step in the door. Really thorough scan to get the best views and photos of our baby girl ! And the teddy we chose with her heartbeat in is just an amazing touch ! I can’t thank you enough for this experience. We highly recommend :-) !!

Went for a 4d scan. It was a nice relaxing experience in a clean and safe environment. Staff were friendly and helpful too. We were quickly seen and great reassurance that baby is growing well. This was my second time having gone with my first baby and would recommend the experience

Me and my husband booked a scan here as I’m almost three months pregnant and I’m still waiting to have my first midwife appointment, because early pregnancy can be a worrying time I got sick of waiting around to get an ultrasound on the NHS so we decided to go private. We booked an early pregnancy scan to help put my mind at rest to make sure the baby was okay and progressing nicely. From start to finish the whole experience was positive, the clinic has a relaxing feel and the sonographer was very gentle with me and instantly put my mind at ease. The appointments only last around 10 minutes or so but I learnt a lot as we initially thought I was 8 weeks pregnant but it turns out that I was actually 10 weeks and 2 days, she was literally able to tell me to the exact day how far I was and also when our due date is. Overall I would definitely recommend booking an early pregnancy scan here as they are very reassuring and gentle and really help to put your mind at ease. We received two print photos of our scan and then lots of images and two videos got emailed to me a couple of hours later. We are going to be booking our gender reveal scan here too in 5 week’s time. It’s quite expensive but well worth the money!

We’ve had such wonderful experience’s with all the staff. Always very helpful, running on time and kind people. Would recommend to everyone.

This was reported in the ‘Metro’ newspaper today based on reports from the CQC. (22-05-2023)The 23 private and NHS hospitals which were rated 'inadequate' during their most recent CQC inspection included:Gosforth Private Clinic, Newcastle.Following the reply on 12-07-2023:Good to hear that there are improvements, pity that the CQC doesn’t seem to follow up with this in the inspection reports section.The CQC website notes that the original inspection was September 2021, CQC returned December 2021 (not 2 years ago!) and there seem to be 14 areas listed for the ‘inadequate’ grading, this was then followed up in February 2022 (not 2 years ago!) and it seems there are 10 areas listed from them for ‘inadequate’.CQC inspection report February 2022:‘Updated 17 February 2022This is our first inspection of this location. We rated it as inadequate because:The provider was unable to provide any policies, procedures, risk assessments or standard operating procedures that they used to make sure patients were safe from the risk of harm.There was no policy in place accessible to staff about how to manage deteriorating patients.There was no information for staff working at the service about their responsibilities in relation to clinical records.There were no clinical records held onsite, the provider was unclear how clinicians documented in and managed clinical records and there was no policy stating how or where clinical records should be stored.The provider was unable to assure us that there was a consent policy or that staff followed the correct process to obtain patient consent.The provider had no duty of candour policy and was unsure of their full responsibilities in the case of an incident requiring formal duty of candour.The provider kept staff files, but these were not all up to date. There was no process in place to assure the provider that staff had an up to date registration, revalidation or performance appraisal nor was there a system in place to check staff working at the service had undergone up to date statutory and mandatory training.There was a limited governance processes in place, and this did not include how the provider monitored performance to ensure care and treatment was delivered in line with national guidance or the regulations.The provider did not have a safeguarding policy that was accessible to all staff. The safeguarding lead had not undergone the relevant training required to be a safeguarding lead and the staff we spoke with did not fully understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding vulnerable adults or children or who they would contact should they have concerns about the safety of a person.There was limited evidence of cleaning schedules and when we inspected the clinic rooms, we found some equipment to be visibly dusty. National guidance had not been followed for two procedures carried out in theatre. This increased the infection control risk to patients.Following this inspection, under Section 31 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, we suspended the provider in respect to the regulated activities for a limited time to give the provider opportunity to take action to reduce risks to patients. We took this urgent action as we believed a person would or may be exposed to the risk of harm if we had not done so.’

Fantastic service yet again here; the ultrasound sonographer was excellent, booking was so easy and fast! The blood test I needed was arranged the following day. Very clean, efficient and I highly recommend.

Staff are always very friendly and welcoming. We were there today for the 4d movie package and again they didn't disappoint. Fab pictures and love having the video. This was a visit with baby number 2 after having such a great experience with our first. We'd recommend to anyone and will definitely go back if another scan is wanted. We now have 2 great cuddly bears with both our boys heartbeats in ❤️