A Fife nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague has begun giving evidence at an employment tribunal.



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Why Scots nurse Sandie Peggie has taken NHS Fife to tribunal over Dr Beth Upton transgender dispute

Ms Peggie, who has been a nurse at NHS Fife for more than 30 years, told the tribunal that she felt uncomfortable when she encountered Dr Upton in the changing room on three occasions. In August 2023, she opened the door to the changing room and saw the medic inside. She said she felt “uncomfortable […]

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Sandie Peggie alleged that her issues were not with Dr Beth Upton’s gender identity, but with sharing the female changing room, a tribunal heard.

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Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment

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Nurse Sandie Peggie lodged a sexual harassment complaint against Fife Hospital Board for letting a trans doctor use the female changing room. She was suspended after complaining about sharing the changing room, but says she did not use "offensive language" about the doctor.

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Nurse in row over transgender doctor using changing room denies using 'offensive language'

Sandie Peggie, who has been a nurse for NHS Fife for over 30 years, claims being made to get changed beside Dr Beth Upton amounted to unlawful harassment.

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Nurse suspended over trans colleague row tells tribunal she 'felt intimidated'

A nurse who was suspended after complaining about a transwoman doctor using a female changing room insisted she had never used the word “rapist”…

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Nurse denies using offensive terms about transwoman doctor – tribunal

Kirkcaldy nurse Sandie Peggie appeared before the first day of an employment tribunal today after workplace complaints led to her suspension.

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Fife nurse reveals shock at seeing transgender doctor in female changing room

Sandie Peggie was suspended from her work after she objected to Dr Beth Upton using the same facilities.

Nurse 'intimidated' after trans doctor allowed to use changing room, tribunal hears

Health board claims case is unnecessary and vexatious

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A nurse was so “embarrassed” about having to undress in front of a transgender doctor that she went to wait in the corridor, a Dundee tribunal has heard. Dr Beth Upton said that they had as much right as nurse Sandie Peggie to be in the changing room. Peggie has argued that being forced to change next to Upton - who is a trans woman - is unlawful harassment, as defined by the Equality Act.The nurse was in the changing room in the Kirkcaldy hospi…

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Nurse was 'embarrassed' about having to undress in front of trans doctor who 'had as much right as her to be in changing room'

Changing room trans row nurse 'felt intimidated'

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