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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.

In a dramatic development, Claire Coutinho MP, Shadow Minister for Equalities, has written to the Chairman and Chief Executive of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, urging them to halt disciplinary proceedings against Christian nurse Jennifer Melle and requesting an urgent meeting on Monday, 8 December, ahead of Jennifer’s disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, 9 December.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and its General Secretary and Chief Executive, Professor Nicola Ranger, are under growing scrutiny for refusing to intervene in the case of Jennifer Melle, a senior nurse suspended after declining to use biologically inaccurate pronouns for a convicted male paedophile patient.