I recently changed hospitals from Epsom to Kingston over an ELCS (I have a separate thread about it). I had my first consultant appointment on Friday and he was so great - complete opposite to the consultant I saw at Epsom. He listened to my history, reasons for wanting the ELCS, talked me through some things and then approved it. Told me to wait outside and a midwife would call me to book a couple of other appointments and a date for the ELCS.
Eventually got called in and first thing midwife tells me is that the consultant midwife has stepped in and won't book my ELCS until I talk to her. Apparently as I've changed hospitals I haven't followed their due process and she wants to make sure all the boxes are ticked (she did actually use the words "box ticking exercise").
It's a faff and frustrating and stressful for me that this is still dragging on but if ticking boxes is all it is, then I'm ok with going through it to get where I need to be.
My concern is that she's going use this exercise as a chance to block my request and I'm wondering if she's allowed to do that having already been given approval by a consultant.
Does anyone know who gets final say here - I would have presumed a consultant obstetrician would have seniority over a consultant midwife but I'm not sure?
Thanks in advance.