NHS staff barred from workplace for considering Palestine demonstration An investigation found the pair had no case to answer and that the trust had breached its own disciplinary policy.
The protest did not take place, but the following day, management sent an email to staff warning that participating in a demonstration during work hours could breach trust policy.
The investigator noted that, though there was no intent from the pair to bully other staff members, two staff members did feel unsafe to come into work “as an indirect result” of their intent to organise the protest.
The complainant said they heard other people discuss wanting to take part in the protest and added that such a walkout would be “distressing for Jewish and Israeli children and parents who visit the clinic”.
These are kids who are suicidal and the idea that you could just take away the consistent person who sees them all the time, who they trust, is so disruptive,” Layla said.
