Jennifer Melle has won her case and been reinstated after allegedly misgendering a male patient who identified as female.

The nurse was suspended by the NHS after referring to the male as “Mr”. 

The trust said it was concerned confidential details about the patient's appearance, diagnosis and treatment were shared with the media - but it found no evidence that the patient had been identified.

An internal disciplinary meeting at Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, where she worked, has now cleared her of further action.

This hearing followed an incident in May 2024 where Melle was racially abused by a transgender patient after she addressed them as "Mr".

The trust issued her with a written warning, and separately warned the patient that racist and threatening behaviour would not be tolerated.

An Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS spokesperson said they were pleased a member of staff who was previously suspended on full pay was being reinstated to clinical duties.

The hospital said that racial abuse should not be tolerated and apologised for the experience Melle endured.

Melle said she felt “deeply relieved and grateful” at the decision, following an “incredibly long and painful journey”.

The UK nurse has indicated she will take the trust to a tribunal “claiming harassment, direct discrimination and indirect discrimination linked to her gender‑critical and evangelical Christian beliefs”.

Nursing relies on biological reality to be effective. Society needs to operate using factual and evidence based reality to be cohesive. It is incredibly harmful to gaslight anyone into accepting the lie that humans can change sex. It has not and will not ever happen.