Catherine, I believe it may be New Zealand that banned Epidural Steroid Injections. ...
all it takes is ONE time for them to SLIGHTLY misplace that needle ! There have been people who had DOZENS before a bad one, and there have been people who were destroyed by their first and.only, it's like Russian Roulette. I had only 3 and then developed Arachnoiditis. .. If you want even more, permanent, excruciating, nerve pain, just keep getting them.

Tell her you know they aren't FDA approved and that they can cause Arachnoiditis, and that they make her lots of money, and see if she would like you to explain her ultimatum to the medical review board, etc......

I had 4 of them and I got no relief

There is a UK Facebook Arachnoiditis group , as I just realized that you are a Brit. They may be more helpful in navigating your medical systems hoops.

Do you have a recent MRI ? I might suggest sending it to a Dr Tennent (sp?) who is one of the few Arachnoiditis "specialists" out there..... He is well spoken of on the Facebook Arachnoiditis pages.