Press office

Media contacts
Press office:
020 3327 1120
Out-of-hours:
07712 591 164

Ruling expected in landmark Darlington Nurses’ case

16 January 2026

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 ...

Read more    

Victory for Darlington nurses as Judge rules policy that allows men into women’s changing rooms is unlawful harassment and discrimination

16 January 2026

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.

Read more    

NHS Trust at centre of Jennifer Melle case inserts clause forcing staff to recognise gender identity or be disciplined

15 December 2025

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:

Read more    

NHS Trust abruptly cancels disciplinary hearing for Christian nurse Jennifer Melle following Sandie Peggie ruling

9 December 2025

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.

Read more    

Claire Coutinho urges NHS Trust to drop case against nurse who faces sack for refusing to use paedophile’s gender identity

5 December 2025

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.

Read more    
All content has been loaded.

Contact our media team

Privacy settings

Our website uses cookies, usage analysis and other technologies. We use these tools because they help us to run our website, provide you with content (including video and audio clips), understand how people use our website, make improvements to our services, and promote our work more effectively. This means that we and selected third-party services may store cookies and other similar information on your device, and may analyse how you use our website. Some of these tools are necessary for our website to function as intended but others are optional, and you can choose whether or not to allow them. You can find out more here.

Core functionality

Certain cookies and other technologies are used on our website to provide core functionality. You can read more about this here. You may be able to use your browser settings to block these tools but if you do, our website may not function as intended.

Embedded content

To enrich your experience of this website, we embed carefully selected content from other platforms. For example, we embed video clips from our YouTube channel, and audio clips from our SoundCloud channel. These third-party platforms may store and use cookies (or similar technology) on your device, and may analyse your use of this site or the embedded content. We do not directly control what technologies they use. You can find out more here. If embedded content is disabled it may affect your experience of this website.

Analytics and promotion

This website uses tools from selected third-party providers (Google and Facebook) to help us understand how people arrive at and use our website, and to measure and improve the effectiveness of some of our promotional activity. These tools may store and use cookies (and similar information) on your device, and analyse your use of this website, and other sites and platforms. These tools help us to improve our services, reach people who may be interested in our work and make better use of our resources but information may be shared with these third-party providers and may be used for their own purposes. You can find out more here.