She felt “shocked” by the results and went to St James’s Hospital in Leeds, where a scan found a heartbeat and confirmed she was eight weeks pregnant.
“Precious Glimpse didn’t examine me properly, she didn’t really go around, she didn’t really spend enough time to make that decision,” she said.
Colomer contacted BBC Your Voice after it reported in August that the Care Quality Commission had rated the business inadequate.
“I spent three days of hell thinking I had lost my child due to the negligence and the rush of this lady,” she wrote.
Shortcomings by the CQC, identified during their visit on 5 May, included a failure to keep equipment clean and well-maintained, which inspectors said could put people at risk of harm.
The report said that the registered manager, who carried out the scans, had not kept up to date with mandatory training or undertaken refresher competency training to ensure people were kept safe.
The CQC said current national guidelines do not recommend “souvenir” scans beyond those offered by the NHS because the risks to the health of developing babies are currently unknown and research is ongoing.
Colomer’s appointment took place two days before the CQC went to the business as part of an unannounced visit.
“When I saw the article, I was like, right, this is not a mistake. This is negligent. This is not having the training updated,” she said.
“How can I trust a person that doesn’t have the training up to date to tell me she couldn’t see anything?”
In response to the allegations in the previous article, Precious Glimpse Roundhay said “all aspects raised have been addressed” relating to the CQC visit.
