Darlington nurse Karen Danson accused the NHS Trust of “abandoning” his workers after their historic legal victory against the hospital.
The Darlington nurses won their legal file against their employer after raising concerns about a biological man, who identifies himself as a woman named Rose, being authorized to use the female locker room.
The health secretary Wes Streting intervened personally to help nurses win their case, asking the hospital to provide nurses from changing facilities.
Discussing the victory over GB News, nurse Karen Dance said that the group of women should not have to “bring legal action to obtain a safe space that protects our private life”.
Karen Danson struck the hospital trust for “abandoned” the nurses after their historic victory
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Dase told GB News: “It is completely unacceptable to have a biological man in a wardrobe reserved for women. From my personal point of view, I was mistreated when I was a child, and having a man in our changing rooms is a particular trigger for me.
“Confidence did nothing about it, so we had to go further.”
Recalling her experience with Rose in the locker room, Danson told the Ben Leo host who had been asked “three times” if she changed herself, while Rose was half dressed.
Dase revealed: “I had a panic crisis. I was in the locker room and within five minutes, he had asked me three times:” You don’t have to change yet? “”
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“He was half dressed in the locker room, just looking at me, wanting to know why I didn’t change myself.”
Debate the treatment of nurses by the trust in their case against Rose, Dance said that they had been “abandoned” by their employer, which led them to bring legal action.
Dase explained: “I feel totally abandoned by them. We went with all our concerns, and they were not interested.
“We never thought that we had to take legal action to obtain what is our right to have a space reserved for women to change, a safe space that respects our private life and our dignity.”
Dase told GB News that they “should not have to bring legal action for the right to a safe space”
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Defending their legal fight against the trust, Danson said that nurses “are just fighting for what is good” and are “not terfs (trans-exclusive radical feminists)” to do this.
She said: “There has been a lot of positivity for us, there are a lot of positive comments, and I am not a fanatic, I am not a terf, I just fight for what is good.
“I want to feel safe when I am changed. What happened to me could have happened to other people, and I want to be a voice to get up and show up and say that it is not acceptable. ”
A spokesperson for Durham County and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust said: “The trust is committed to providing a safe, secure and respectful work environment for all colleagues operating in the law and joining national policies.
“Confidence has processes in place to listen and respond to the concerns raised by our colleagues. We take all complaints seriously. ”