"My doctor says I can't record my appointment"

What do you do if your consultant or midwife won't let you record your appointment? Yesterday morning I had messages from a client who was sat in her consultant's office ready for a discussion on whether they'd advise a home birth or not. Because of the likelihood of a difficult conversation, and because her birth partner wasn't with he, I advised she record the appointment. Cue her doctor getting in a flap, saying it's not trust policy, and disappearing off to go find out from someone else if it was allowed. In the end she got to record it, but what do you do if you're given an outright no? Take a read of my latest blog post on what the NICE guidelines, General Medical Council and British Medical Association say about recording your appointments (spoiler alert… you’re allowed!) https://www.better-birth.co.uk/post/my-doctor-says-i-can-t-record-my-appointment
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Do it anyway. Hit record before they walk in and put my phone in my pocket, top of my purse or on my lap.

Yup you are entirely allowed to record without permission

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