@FannyCann NHS changing facilities are woeful. I work in theatres (so have to change at least twice a day, sometimes more). I've worked in more than 20 locations across the UK.
Inadquate space and locker provision is the norm.
My current workplace (changing rooms confirmed post supreme court to be based on gender identity) has a far too small room for the staff who use it. Since the hospital opened four additional operating theatres have been added but the changing rooms the same Last summer they replaced the locker units to double the capacity but there still aren't enough. Some people have lockers in the corridor or coffee room.
EDIT: And the women's changing room (or room for those who identify as women) is right next to the reception desk. There is no internal screening to stop people looking in when the door is open. I have my locker in the area immediatly in front of the door. I have lost count of how many of my male colleagues have seen me semi-naked putting scrubs on and off. Dignity at work my fucking arse.
Despite the increase in locker provision a recent poll of my immediate colleagues after someone got their clothes stolen showed that 77% of respondents had a regular clinical commitment in an operating theatre suite without somewhere secure to leave their belongings.
We are consultants. We provide and lead on patient care. And we get treated like shit. The locker ownership rate amongst the nursing staff is higher (the nurses control locker allocation).
Our tone deaf trust leadership team released a video showing the amazing office facilities they enjoy in an attempt to recruit admin staff - posh coffee machines, relaxation zones, private meeting rooms etc.
Meanwhile the changing room situation is as above, and they won't fund a royal college recommended floor consultant to facilitate people getting breaks/ assistance in emergencies. I've been stuck in theatre with a menstrual flood trickling down my leg unable to leave on more than one occasion. But the computer network screensaver tells me they "care about staff". My dept has no desk space for consutlants. We either work from home or have to use the resident doctors hot desking zone.
The whole situation pisses me right off.