Overview
- Dr Nadeem Crowe has sued the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and its responsible officer, claiming he was suspended from bank shifts and then harassed and discriminated against because of his anti‑Zionist beliefs; the employment tribunal heard evidence in mid‑June 2026.
- The trust suspended his bank status in August 2024 after an anonymous colleague complained, lifted the suspension on 16 August when he deleted the posts, and he returned to work the next day.
- Tribunal papers and screenshots shown in court include X posts in late 2023 and 2024 that criticised Israel, described Palestinians sympathetically and used language an internal complainant said equated Israeli policy with Nazism under the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.
- The Royal Free and its lawyer say there was no formal disciplinary action and describe their steps as informal fact‑finding rather than a policy of punishing criticism of Israel, while the claimant says he faced implicit pressure to remove his posts or face investigation.
- Dr Crowe says the episode worsened a long‑standing anxiety disorder, left him off shifts since August 2024 with an unanswered grievance, and the tribunal’s ruling could affect how NHS employers apply social media rules and the IHRA test to staff political beliefs.