Darlington nurses awarded £187k in single-sex spaces case

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An NHS Trust has paid out £187,000 in compensation to a group of nurses who won a tribunal case over its policy to allow trans women in female changing rooms.

The panel ruled that the Trust had unlawfully discriminated against and harassed the nurses by requiring them to share female-only changing rooms with a biological male who identified as a woman.

The nurses, who raised concerns with management in July 2023, said they had been required, without warning or consultation, to share changing facilities with a biological male colleague who identifies as female and is known as “Rose.”

Seven nurses at Darlington Memorial Hospital – Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey, Karen Danson, Tracy Hooper, Annice Grundy, Carly Hoy and Jane Peveller – will share the payout.

Full article here https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/darlington-nurses-payout/

Ongoing discussion here https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5476620-darlington-nurses-vs-county-durham-and-darlington-nhs-trust-tribunal-thread-9?page=15

Just thought it worthwhile having a sort of news flash posting!

“It’s a slur for a reason”

Yep, that reason being pure misogyny and hatred of women. Ironic really, when you unpack it.

It’s important that compensation was awarded.

Well done and thank you to the nurses. As others have said, the cost of standing up for women’s rights isn’t just a material cost and they certainly didn’t do it for monetary gain.

Im pleased we have threads like this to celebrate the achievements of women. Many men cannot bear such a thing and come along to try and centre males with trans identities. Their posts are evidence of this.

Good -to ensure it changes you have to get it on the ledger.

All they had to do was a consultation. I hope the NHS trust sues the organisation that no doubt gave them false legal advice about discrimination on the basis of gender reassignement.

I wonder whether they should be obliged to - to prevent the misuse of taxpayer money…..