Darlington nurse Karen Danson has accused the NHS Trust of "abandoning" its female workers after their landmark legal victory against the hospital.

The Darlington Nurses won their legal case against their employer after raising concerns about a biological male, who identifies as a woman named Rose, being allowed to use the female staff changing room.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting intervened personally to help the nurses win their case, instructing the hospital to provide the nurses with separate changing facilities.

Discussing the win on GB News, nurse Karen Danson said the group of women should not have had to "take legal action to get a safe space that protects our privacy".

Karen Danson hit out at the hospital trust for 'abandoning' the nurses following their landmark victory

Danson told GB News: "It's completely unacceptable to have a biological man in a female-only changing room. From my personal point of view, I was abused as a child, and having a man in our changing room is a particular trigger for me.

"The trust just did nothing about it, so we had to take things further."

Recalling her experience with Rose in the changing rooms, Danson told host Ben Leo that she was asked "three times" if she was getting changed, while Rose was half dressed.

Danson revealed: "I had a panic attack. I was in the changing room and within five minutes he'd asked me three times, 'are you not getting changed yet?'

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"He was half dressed in the changing room, just staring at me, wanting to know why I wasn't getting changed."

Hitting out at the Trust's treatment of the nurses in their case against Rose, Danson claimed they were "abandoned" by their employer, which led to them taking legal action.

Danson explained: "I just feel totally abandoned by them. We went with all our concerns, and they weren't interested.

"We never thought that we'd have to take legal action to get what is our right to have a female-only space to get changed, a safe space that respects our privacy and dignity."

Danson told GB News that they 'shouldn't have to take legal action for the right to a safe space'

Defending their legal fight against the trust, Danson declared that the nurses are simply "fighting for what's right", and are "not terfs (trans-exclusionary radical feminists)" for doing so.

She stated: "There's been lots of positivity out there for us, there's loads of positive comments, and I'm not a bigot, I'm not a terf, I'm just fighting for what's right.

"I want to feel safe when I get changed. What's happened to me could have happened to other people, and I want to be a voice for them to stand up and come forward and say this is not acceptable."

A spokesman for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust said: "The trust is committed to providing a safe, secure and respectful working environment for all colleagues operating within the law and adhering to national policies.

"The trust has processes in place for listening and responding to concerns raised by any of our colleagues. We take all complaints seriously."