Tribunal to secure female only spaces

A GROUP of brave NHS nurses, known as the Magnificent Seven, are set for a showdown with bosses as they wage a historic fight for female-only spaces.

- By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter

Rallying against those who allowed “unlawful workplace policies” they declared the battle was on to secure “safety and dignity for every woman and girl”.

The group has launched a challenge to County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust that allowed a man identifying as “Rose” to use female-only changing rooms.

The landmark employment tribunal seeks to clarify the nurses’ right to undress at work without a man present. But it is set to become a defining point in a “trans rights” row that has engulfed the public sector.

Mother-of-two Bethany Hutchison, 36, who set up the Darlington Nursing Union after failing to receive major unions’ help, said: “We are nurses who love our jobs and our patients and only want to be afforded the dignity of getting dressed and undressed for work without a man present.