Sandie Peggie tribunal RECAP: NHS Fife accused of 'delusion' as hearing involving Dr Beth Upton resumes
The tribunal hearing involving nurse Sandie Peggie, NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton will hear closing submissions for a second day.
The tribunal hearing involving nurse Sandie Peggie will resume for a second day on Tuesday after a health board was accused of being in the “grip of a delusion” when it took action against the employee.
Ms Peggie was suspended by NHS Fife after complaining about having to share a changing room with Dr Beth Upton at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy on Christmas Eve 2023.
She was placed on special leave after Dr Upton 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.
The tribunal, which is taking place in Dundee, is hearing closing submissions, having heard from all its witnesses before it was adjourned at the end of July.
In her closing submission on Monday, Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham told the tribunal that NHS Fife had “taken on gender identify belief as its institutional position”, and that it had subjected the nurse to a “heresy hunt” when she challenged this.
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