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Jennifer Melle, 40, from Croydon, Surrey, was disciplined by Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust when she declined to make use of feminine pronouns for a convicted paedophile. Patient X, who was born male however now identifies as a lady, is claimed to be in a high-security male jail, having been jailed for luring boys into sexual acts whereas posing as a teenage lady on social media. But the offender was taken to St Helier hospital in Carshalton for therapy for a urinary situation final May.

And when Ms Melle was requested to assist a nursing colleague who was struggling to manage Patient X she spoke to a physician on the cellphone and used the phrases “mister” and “he”. At that time she claims Patient X – who overheard the dialog – screamed abuse at her calling her the N phrase thrice. As she defined that it was “against her faith and Christian values” however that she might use a primary identify she was allegedly met with escalating abuse.

“Imagine if I called you n*****?”, Patient X screamed. “How about I call you n*****? Yes, black n*****”

“It was terrifying,” said Ms Melle. “I’d never been called that word before. And I thought I was going to be attacked.

“The entire factor – the horrible racial abuse, the aggression, which all occurred in entrance of sufferers and workers – left me traumatised. And I used to be solely making an attempt to assist.”

Instead of getting support, however, Ms Melle says she was moved to a different ward, effectively demoted, given a final written warning and referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

And last month she received a letter from the NMC month saying it was investigating concerns about her fitness to practise because she “referred to a affected person in a fashion inconsistent with their gender id”.

After the incident, she was also denied overtime which has affected her income.

With her livelihood and reputation at serious risk, she says she had no choice but to file a legal claim.

She is now suing the hospital trust for harassment, discrimination and human rights breaches.

Ms Melle says: “I used to be put in danger, however I’m being handled like a legal.

“Sadly, when you put your head above the parapet and communicate in truth on these points within the NHS, the danger is that you can be knocked down, punished severely and demoted.

“The message to me through the investigation was that I ought to put up with excessive racism and deny organic actuality and my deeply held Christian beliefs for the sake of inclusivity.”

Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, which is supporting her case said: “The NHS seems to stay captured by transgender ideology to the purpose it’s ready to again a convicted paedophile, who was clearly very disturbed and shouting racist feedback, over the Christian nurse.

“We thought we had seen it all when it comes to controversial legal cases on these issues, but what Jennifer is experiencing at the hands of this ideology is off the scale and on a whole new disturbing level.

“We would ask Wes Streeting, as Health Secretary, to research what is occurring right here.

“It’s time for Government intervention on this matter. It’s time for the Government to stop equality and diversity policies being weaponised in the NHS to punish innocent nurses just doing their job.

“We will stand with Jennifer for so long as it takes for her to obtain justice and with some other nurses who’re discriminated in opposition to on account of this harmful ideology.”

An Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust spokesperson said: “These issues are nonetheless topic to ongoing inner proceedings, so it wouldn’t be proper for us to remark additional.”