Scampmum, dp is the same, when we went for our last scan I had to book up my growth scans and antenatal appnts with my consultant for the same days, I booked them with him, he chose the times, and he KNOWS now that I have to be at the hospital at 3:30, I've told him I'll happily go into the city by myself as long as he meets me at the hospital, I guarantee he'll have some form of meeting that day though, and will not book a day off for 2 hours.
He has refused to book xmas eve off as well because apaprently they will be going home at about noon so it's a waste of day, even though we had planned to drive over to Northampton to take the kids to see their family, but after what twits they ahve all been lately I don't care, and have told him not to take ti off, they can see the kids on the sinday instead. But I was annoyed it was meant to have been booked off ages ago.
Apparently people might have been annoyed that he keeps booking days off here and there, but like I said, he is using his holiday a day at a time for antenatal appointments arounf every 4-6 weeks. No-one is left having to do his work, any of his clients can still call him apart from the time we are actually in the appointment, most of his colleagues take two weeks off and expect everyone esle to do their work. (They work on advertising for the oxfordshrie newsgroup so there are deadlines to be met every day) Surely his odd days off are better than blocks of days??