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.
A nurse who was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with a transgender colleague claims she never used the word 'rapist' or made a comment about 'chromosomes', an employment tribunal has heard. Sandie Peggie was suspended from Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, in January 2024 after she objected to Dr Beth Upton - a transwoman - using the female changing facilities in the A&E department on Christmas Eve 2023.
I don't recall using the word chromosomes. I never mentioned the word rapist. 'I don't recall anything being said about mediators. I didn't feel there was any aggression or confrontation.' She said that in March 2024, a meeting was held about returning and she said she 'wouldn't have a problem' with Dr Upton still working on the ward. However, it was suggested she move and a few weeks later she called the hospital to discover her shift patterns had changed.
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