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A major cross-party petition has been launched urging Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust to drop disciplinary action against senior nurse Jennifer Melle, who faces dismissal for going to the media about refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a male patient, convicted of child sex offences, who was 'identifying' as female. 

A ruling is expected in the landmark Employment Tribunal case involving the Darlington Nurses on Friday 16 January, and journalists are invited to attend a press conference in Newcastle upon Tyne. The judgment is due to be circulated from 10.00am onwards, and the seven nurses at the centre of the case, who are supported by ...

In a landmark judgment, an Employment Tribunal has ruled that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust unlawfully discriminated against and harassed the female nurses by requiring them to share female-only changing rooms with a biological male.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has come under fire after it emerged that in September 2025, the Trust inserted a clause into its Dignity and Respect at Work Policy stating:

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has abruptly cancelled the disciplinary hearing of senior nurse Jennifer Melle, which was scheduled to take place today.