A group of Darlington nurses are heading to an employment tribunal with their NHS trust over their concerns about sharing a changing room with a transgender woman.
Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey, Annice Grundy and Tracey Hooper are four of the eight nurses at Darlington Memorial Hospital who say they are being left feeling ‘unsafe’ when they are getting ready for work.
The nurses have filed the claim on the grounds of sexual harassment, discrimination, victimisation and breaches of the right to a private life, under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
They say that the transgender staff member spends a “longer time in the changing room than is necessary to change clothes” and continues “to stare at female colleagues, in particular at their breast area. as they are getting changed”.
Source: Tribunal for Darlington nurses in trans changing room row due to start today