The safety and leadership at a city abortion clinic has been called into question by health inspectors.
A comprehensive and unannounced inspection of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Merseyside clinic on Parkfield Road has deemed services at the South Liverpool location require improvement. A visit by officials from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said while elements of care at the clinic were outstanding, women did not always receive treatment within agreed timeframes and targets.
In addition, the Aigburth service was not deemed to have a system of observation for patients under 18 to ensure early recognition and safe timely escalation of their treatment. Between its reporting period, BPAS Merseyside carried out 978 surgical terminations of pregnancy and 931 early medical abortions.
