Overview
- An employment tribunal on 16 January upheld harassment related to sex and gender reassignment and found indirect sex discrimination.
- The trust allowed a trans woman colleague to use a female changing room without suitable alternatives, then told complainants they needed to be educated on trans rights.
- The panel said the trust’s actions violated the nurses’ dignity and created a hostile, intimidating and humiliating workplace environment.
- The tribunal concluded the colleague, Rose Henderson, did not personally harass or victimise the claimants.
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust said it is reviewing the judgment, as the case brings renewed scrutiny to NHS policies on single-sex facilities.