Eight nurses won a tribunal over being forced to share changing rooms with a transgender woman, citing violated privacy rights.

In a historic employment tribunal decision, eight nurses at Darlington Memorial Hospital claimed that the NHS trust had violated their rights by making them share women's changing rooms with Rose Henderson, a transgender woman who was assigned male at birth. According to the tribunal, the trust violated their right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to offer sufficient alternatives and ignoring concerns, resulting in a hostile and dehumanizing environment. Henderson did not engage in any personal harassment, but the trust's response and policy were found to be discriminatory. The ruling upheld women's rights to privacy and safety in single-sex settings, according to the nurses, led by Bethany Hutchison. The claim was backed by the Christian Legal Centre, which denounced the NHS for putting gender ideology ahead of women's rights. The decision emphasizes the legal duty to strike a balance between the rights of others and transgender inclusion in delicate, private contexts.