A Liverpool nurse has won a landmark case against the NHS England Improvement after a judge heard evidence that her employer treated her unfavourably because of her race.
Michelle Cox from Liverpool was employed by NHS&I Commissioning as a Continuing Healthcare Manager - based in Manchester - from May 2017. She describes herself as a black woman and was the only black nurse in the employer’s North region in 2018, when she was appointed as the regional lead to the Chief Nursing Officers’ Black Minority Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group.
At an employment tribunal in Manchester at the end of 2022, the tribunal heard evidence that between 2019 and 2021, Ms Cox, had faced discrimination, harassment and victimisation from her employer and her whistleblowing claims had not been upheld after she raised a grievance and appeal. This week the tribunal unanimously found in her favour.
