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Dave Higgens

Health trust apologises to nurses after changing rooms tribunal ruling

Nurses (left to right) Carly Hoy, Karen Danson, Annice Grundy, Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey and Jane Peveller after a press conference at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Wire)

A health trust has apologised to a group of nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single-sex changing rooms, saying “we did not adequately consider your concerns”.

Seven members of the Day Surgery Unit at Darlington Memorial Hospital brought a claim against County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust after Rose Henderson, who was born male but identifies as a woman, was allowed to use the women’s changing facilities.

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