A nurse has shared her distress at an employment tribunal, recounting how she broke down in tears after a transgender colleague allegedly asked her three times if she was changing from her work clothes in the changing rooms. Staff nurse Karen Danson is among seven nurses taking County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust to an employment tribunal.

The group of nurses are challenging the health trust following the decision to allow their colleague, Rose Henderson, who was born male but identifies as a woman, to use the women's changing facilities at Darlington Memorial Hospital in Darlington. Mrs Danson alleges that there was an incident at work in August 2023 when Rose Henderson was dressed in only black boxer shorts and work scrubs above the waist.

The witness, who has worked

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