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We're looking for a current or recent user of CDDFT Maternity or Neonatal services to become an MNVP Representative and help shape future services.
📅 Closes 15 June 2026
📍 Darlington Memorial Hospital
Apply via NHS Jobs: Ref C9439-2627-628-1
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Happy International Nurses Day 💙
Today we’re thanking all of our incredible nursing colleagues across CDDFT for their professionalism, resilience and compassionate care.
Watch a special message from Interim Chief Nurse Gill Hunt.
#InternationalNursesDay #IND2026
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Marianne died after numerous errors including being given penicillin which she had an allergy to and staff were told multiple times about.
A nurse left her in agony after putting in a catheter, the nurse came out and high fived a friend
The family have instructed solicitors against the trust one stated -
Mr Lowther said: “The standard of care Marianne received from the University Hospital of North Durham was woeful – from being given the wrong medication and delays in acting with regard to a life-threatening condition, through to poor communication and a total lack of compassion, Marianne has been utterly failed here.
“Marianne’s family are heartbroken at the loss of such a central figure in their lives and it’s a loss that is extremely difficult to deal with.
“We will support Catherine and David in every way possible to get accountability from the Trust and to help ensure no one else has to go through what Marianne did.”
The hospital is part of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT), which is already subject to national scrutiny for its breast cancer service.
Thousands of women potentially suffered from unnecessary and sub-standard treatment, and poor standards of care and compassion from medics - cddft.nhs.uk/about-us/news/t…
@wesstreeting has stated he will not tolerate failing trusts and has so far listed 5 trusts to be targeted and turned round in a government programme, the above hospital is not one of them
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#Medicalneglect
#Allergy
#NHS
@c22cuk @KenZeroHarm @keepnhshonest @PHSO_theFACTS @CQCProf @PHSOmbudsman @AllergyUK1 @SlaterGordon
#Oliverscampaign
This is awful
I can still hear her screams when they were trying to insert the catheter only for one of the nurses to come out from behind the curtain & start high fiving her mate Is that the way they would want their own mam to be treated
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I used to work for CDDFT. This was going on when I worked for them, but I had no idea what was going on at Darlington. If this had happened at University Hospital of North Durham, security would have had to carry me off site and I would have been sacked. There is no way I would
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Shafie Kamaruddin, Acting Medical Director at CDDFT, outlines major reforms to the Trust’s breast service after an independent review.
Patients and families can contact the information and support call line on: 0191 3332126, or email the team at: cddft.breastservices@nhs.net
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👏 Well done to our CDDFT Trainee Pharmacists Beth, Maha & Imaan.
They’ve supported World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week #WAAW25 with an interactive display on using antibiotics responsibly.
🗓 18–24 Nov 2025
💬 Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future
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Join us on Wed 19 Nov for our Annual General Meeting at Darlington Memorial Hospital’s Education Centre.
Hear about our progress, achievements & future plans — and engage with your Trust! 💙
📧 cdda-tr.foundation@nhs.net
More info & registration ⬇️
#CDDFT #AGM #TeamCDDFT
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🌍 CDDFT is leading the way on Net Zero! Since 2019, we’ve cut carbon emissions by 17% and introduced reusable theatre gowns, electric fleet vehicles, solar power, and more. ♻️⚡
#TeamCDDFT #Sustainability #GreenNHS #NetZero
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Wow! He has got an impressive history! 🏆
A cut above the managers who have been appearing for CDDFT and then some!
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Defence Barrister seems to be saying that CDDFT witnesses, eg. from HR, are unfamiliar with EA2010 and the Supreme Court Ruling and need time to familiarise themselves 😂
@LWSNorthEast provided some valuable pro bono advice to the CDDFT AGM last October!
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‘CDDFT support a trans employee's right to use toilets and facilities appropriate to their gender from the point at which the individual declares that they are living their life fully in that gender’
Appendix 2: Guide for Managers and Employees
In black and white, and unlawful
28 Oct 2025
At the heart of the Darlington nurses' case is a policy. A policy believed to be used widely in various forms across the NHS.
CDDFT’s ‘Transitioning in the Workplace Policy’ (POL/PD/0060, Version 2.0), explicitly permits male staff who identify as female to access female-only changing rooms, regardless of their biological sex.
The policy says: “CDDFT support a transgender employee's right to use the toilets and facilities appropriate to their gender from the point at which the individual declares that they are living their life fully in that gender.”
— Appendix 2: Guide for Managers and Employees
When the nurses raised concerns about having to share their changing room with a biologically male colleague, without prior notice or consultation, they were met with dismissive responses from HR. They were told to “be more inclusive,” “compromise,” and “be educated”.
After speaking out publicly and initiating legal proceedings, the nurses were effectively punished: any woman who objected to sharing the changing room with a man was forced to use a makeshift converted office that opened directly onto a public corridor and clinical area. They were made to use this space for 11 months.
The Trust’s policy makes clear that objections from female staff are not to be accommodated:
“Any concerns raised by others will be dealt with promptly and sensitively and harassment of the individual will not be tolerated.”
It adds that:
“If other staff members are uncomfortable sharing facilities, they should use alternative options.”
This is exactly what happened to the nurses.
We would encourage NHS staff members to ask to see what policies are in place in their workplace on these issues.
The hearing continues today in Newcastle.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09…
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