Bosses ‘lacked compassion’ over trans colleague concerns, nurse tells tribunal

Bethany Hutchison (right) is giving evidence at the employment tribunal in Newcastle (Tom Wilkinson/PA) - (PA Wire)

The nurse leading a claim against her hospital trust over its policy of allowing a trans colleague to use female changing rooms said she became frustrated by bosses’ “lack of compassion, concern and respect”.

Bethany Hutchison is the lead claimant of seven nurses taking County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to an employment tribunal after a colleague who was born male but who identifies as a woman was allowed to use the women’s changing facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital.