Hospital bosses in transgender row feared ‘bullying trust’ label, tribunal told

Nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital are surrounded by supporters, as they arrive at the Civil and Family Courts and Tribunals Centre (Tom WIlkinson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Hospital bosses at the centre of a legal row over allowing a trans member of staff to use the female changing facilities were worried about being portrayed as a “bullying trust”, a nurse told an employment tribunal.

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