Sandie Peggie took the Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton to tribunal after following an incident in the female changing rooms at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Christmas Eve, 2023.
A transgender doctor "continued to use female changing rooms" at a Scots hospital despite objections from another member of staff.
Ms Peggie is represented by barrister Naomi Cunningham at a tribunal in Dundee. Dr Upton gave evidence on Tuesday about concerns regarding a next shift on December 28 where Ms Peggie was scheduled to be working, and about an allegation regarding patient safety on December 18, and said: “I’m not making things up.”
Dr Upton said: “In the early hours of Christmas morning I was freaking out and trying to think of ways I could keep myself safe from further hostility … I thought I would put my big girl pants on and be brave. Unfortunately I wasn’t as brave as I thought I was and went to the plaster room in my socks.”
Dr Upton said: “Your question is did I fabricate this? No, I didn’t fabricate it. I didn’t allege she had done anything apart from notice me.” The tribunal heard Dr Upton’s allegations about being “ignored” by Ms Peggie on December 18 when a patient left A&E without being seen, differed from the recollection of another worker present who said that Ms Peggie and Dr Upton had a conversation.
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