An employment tribunal in Norwich rejected Vicky Russ’s unfair dismissal claim, ruling NSFT had a fair reason to let her go after she failed to secure roles in its 2024-25 restructure.
Four jobs Russ applied for required clinical operational experience, and the judge said she either performed significantly worse than other candidates or did not meet the minimum threshold.
Nine staff were made redundant in the process, which NSFT said was meant to tackle chronic underperformance after the Care Quality Commission rated the trust “requires improvement” the previous year.
Judge S. Moore found no evidence the redundancy exercise was a sham or designed to remove Russ, despite her claims that roles were ringfenced and her work was sidelined.
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