‘BREAKING: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its cases against Christian nurse Jennifer Melle after she was accused of posing a “risk to the public” over a pronouns dispute involving a convicted paedophile prisoner.

Common sense, conscience and truth have prevailed. Following an investigation, the NMC ruled that Jennifer had no case to answer…but the process is the punishment.

Jennifer has been supported from the beginning of her ordeal by the Christian Legal Centre. Her employment tribunal case had been settled in April but Jennifer still faced two investigations by the nursing regulator, which could have ended her career.

Last December it looked certain that Jennifer would be sacked and would be investigated for years by the NMC. Now, this has dramatically turned around and we give huge thanks to Kemi Badenoch and Claire Coutinho MP and all the other MPs who came together to support Jennifer in her darkest hour.

Responding to the NMC’s decision, Jennifer Melle said:

“I am relieved and grateful that the NMC has finally recognised that there is no case for me to answer. But I should never have been put through this in the first place.

“I was a nurse doing my job in a pressured clinical situation. The issue of biological sex was directly relevant to patient care. I was not seeking to humiliate or hurt anyone. I was trying to communicate accurately and safely with another medical professional.

“Instead of being protected after suffering racist abuse, I found myself treated as the problem. I was suspended, investigated, threatened with the loss of my career and reported to my regulator as though my Christian beliefs and my recognition of biological reality made me dangerous.

“It has been devastating to be labelled a risk to the public for holding beliefs which are lawful, mainstream and central to my faith. Nurses should not have to choose between their conscience, the truth, and their profession.

“The NHS only dropped its disciplinary case after public and political pressure. Yet the NMC process continued hanging over me, and I was told even ministers could not intervene. That cannot be right.

“Regulators should protect patients from real harm, not punish nurses for holding Christian beliefs, speaking truthfully about biological sex, or raising serious concerns in the public interest.

“I spoke out because I believed what happened to me raised serious public interest concerns. I took care to protect the patient’s identity, and the NMC has now accepted that no confidentiality breach took place.

“I want to return fully to the work I love, serving patients with compassion and professionalism. But there must now be accountability.”

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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2225510/nhs-told-stop-witch-hunts?