Trans row nurse 'told single sex rule won't apply to NHS'

LABOUR has sparked fury after telling a nurse new single-sex guidance will not apply to workplaces including the NHS.

- BY GILES SHELDRICK Chief Reporter

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson, nurse Jennifer Melle and care minister Karin Smyth

Anger erupted after women and equalities minister Bridget Phillipson met Jennifer Melle — suspended after misgendering a paedophile patient — for talks on “extreme gender identity ideology” being pushed in the public sector.

The meeting came as Ms Phillipson stalls on publishing updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court ruling that a woman is defined in law by the gender assigned at birth. She has yet to bring the document to Parliament, despite having it since September 4.