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Dispute between nurse and transgender doctor posed 'no risk to patients'
A dispute between a gender critical nurse and a transgender doctor was treated as a claim and counter-claim disagreement by a manager tasked with a suspension review who found there was no risk to patients, a tribunal has heard.
Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended after she objected to having to share a changing room with Dr Beth Upton at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on Christmas Eve 2023. Ms Peggie was placed on special leave and then suspended after the doctor made an allegation of bullying and harassment and cited concerns about "patient care".
Ms Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and Dr Upton, citing the Equality Act 2010, including sexual harassment; harassment related to a protected belief; indirect discrimination; and victimisation. Service manager Lottie Myles told the tribunal on Monday she perceived the dispute which led to Ms Peggie being suspended as a "she said/she said" situation, and there was "nobody who could provide evidence".
Ms Myles said she was tasked with conducting a suspension review on 27 February 2024, and was told by the nurse's manager, Esther Davidson, that Ms Peggie was "anti-trans" and "had transphobic views because of an incident that occurred in the changing room". She said Ms Davidson alleged Ms Peggie had "some gender critical beliefs" alongside others that "may not be everybody's belief.
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