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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

NHS nurse’s tribunal over trans doctor’s use of changing room hears final evidence

nurse Sandie  Peggie
The case centres around a disputed incident which took place in a changing room at Victoria hospital in Kirkcaldy on Christmas Eve 2023, after which Sandie Peggie was suspended. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

An employment tribunal brought by an NHS Fife nurse who objected to sharing a changing room with a transgender doctor has concluded its evidence with conflicting interpretations of how the supreme court’s landmark ruling on sex affects the case.

Sandie Peggie, who has worked as a nurse for more than 30 years, contends she was subject to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act when she was expected to share a changing room with Dr Beth Upton.

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