Clinical guidance

This page provides links to position statements and posters which highlight the consensus view of the BSE Advisory Council on matters about which members have requested guidance.

Where an evidence base is available, the guidance will reference it. However, often an underpinning reference base is not available and therefore consensus expert opinion is used to reflect best practice. The Advisory Council is made up of clinicians in a wide variety of clinical practice settings to ensure the experience of primary, secondary, and tertiary care experience is reflected in our consensus statements. It is intended that these position statements give our consensus view on how to balance increased efficiency with patient safety and staff satisfaction and are intended as a guide from which to formulate local solutions to local issues.

We also include other useful information which could be relevant to echocardiographers on a national or global basis.

  

Position statement: Echo surveillance for childhood, teenage and young adult cancer survivors

Posted on 5/11/2026
A joint statement from the British Society of Echocardiography, Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group and British Cardio-Oncology Society

  

Good infection prevention practice: Using ultrasound gel​

Posted on 5/7/2026
eLearning which provides support on the safe use of ultrasound gel and how to reduce risk of transmission of infection during ultrasound and related procedures

  

Echocardiography clinical specification update

Posted on 2/2/2026
Ensuring high standards across NHS England

  

Clinical prioritisation of inpatient echocardiography

Posted on 11/26/2025
Guidance from GIRFT centred around British Society of Echocardiography recommendations

  

Position statement: Adult congenital echocardiography in hospitals without ACHD surgery

Posted on 11/3/2025
Endorsed by the British Congenital Cardiac Association (BCCA)

  

Position statement: Radiation protection during interventional echocardiography

Posted on 8/18/2025
Setting out minimum recommended standards for protection, training, and monitoring

  

Guidance on international accreditations for consideration when recruiting

Posted on 7/1/2025
Supporting safe and effective recruitment

  

Position statement: Guidance for transoesophageal echocardiography probe cleaning and disinfection

Posted on 6/27/2025
Ensuring safety of patients, staff and equipment

  

Consensus statement: Strategies to enhance recruitment of female participants to CVD research

Posted on 6/10/2025
A consensus statement from the British cardiovascular societies

  

Atrial fibrillation pathway

Posted on 4/11/2025
Consensus guidance from GIRFT, the British Society of Echocardiography and the British Heart Rhythm Society

Note: The COVID-19 information on this page was originally produced to aid interpretation of the best available public information regarding the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic within the context of echocardiography. COVID-19 guidance should be read in conjunction with guidance produced by the UK government and other professional bodies; advice that is likely to change as understanding of COVID-19 evolves.

We regularly consider whether our guidance is still appropriate in the context of COVID-19 and as of June 2021 it is fully up to date.