Bridgwater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Case Summary

The claimant, employed as a student specialist community public health nurse with dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD, brought claims of disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation against the NHS Trust. The tribunal found that most claims were not well founded, but upheld one allegation regarding failure to provide a usable larger screen after the claimant's move to Runcorn. The case was adjourned for a remedy hearing.

The tribunal found that the claimant was struggling in a role for which she was not suited, despite considerable support from management. Most disability discrimination and harassment allegations were not substantiated, with supervisors' actions found to be appropriately challenging rather than hostile or malicious. However, the tribunal found a breach of the duty to make reasonable adjustments in relation to the failure to provide a usable larger screen at the Runcorn location for approximately 49 days.

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• •Harassment by reason of disability (section 26 Equality Act 2010)
• •Direct discrimination by reason of disability (section 13 Equality Act 2010)
• •Failure to make reasonable adjustments (sections 20 & 21 Equality Act 2010)
• •Victimisation (section 27 Equality Act 2010)
• •Whether claimant was disabled within section 6 Equality Act 2010
• •Provisions, criteria or practices (PCPs) causing substantial disadvantage
• •Whether adjustments were reasonable

Case No. 2407869/2023 & 2410886/2023 1 EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS Claimant: Miss S J Venables Respondent: Bridgwater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust HELD AT: Liverpool ON: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 January, 2, 3 & 4 February (chambers on 23 February) 2026 BEFORE: Employment Judge Johnson MEMBERS: Mrs L Heath Ms A Ramsden REPRESENTATION: Claimant: Respondent: Unrepresented Mr B Williams (counsel) JUDGMENT The judgment of the Tribunal is that: (1) The complaint of harassment by reason of disability under section 26 Equality Act 2010 is not well founded and is dismissed; (2) The complaint of direct discrimination by reason of disability under section 13 Equality Act 2010 is not well founded and is dismissed; (3) The complaint of a failure by the respondent to make reasonable adjustments contrary to sections 20 & 21 Equality Act 2010 is: (a) well founded and succeeds, but only in relation to allegation 3.5.3 in that the claimant was not provided with a usable larger screen following her move to Runcorn on 28 May 2023 and until 16 July 2023 when a cable was provided, and; Case No. 2407869/2023 & 2410886/2023 2 (b) the remainder of the claim that there has been a failure to make reasonable adjustments (allegations 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.6, 3.5.7 and 3.5.8), is not well founded and is unsuccessful. (4) The complaint of victimisation contrary to section 27 Equality Act 2010 is not well founded and is dismissed. (5) The case will now proceed to a remedy hearing on a date to be confirmed before the same panel and listed for 1 day. REASONS Introduction 1. These proceedings arose from the claimant’s employment as a student specialist community public health nurse which began on 19 September 2022, and which ended on 12 November 2023. She refers to disabilities of dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and ADHD. 2. The claim…