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Sarah Ward

Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment

The incidents took place at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A nurse suspended for objecting to a transgender woman doctor using female changing rooms has admitted being guilty of harassment under workplace policies, but denied comparing the doctor to convicted rapist Isla Bryson, a tribunal heard.

Sandie Peggie, who has worked at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for 30 years, took Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton to an employment tribunal after being suspended over an incident on Christmas Eve 2023 in the female changing rooms.

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