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Sarah Ward

Transgender doctor raised concerns over nurse eight months after incident

Dr Beth Upton was giving evidence at the employment tribunal on Wednesday (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Wire)

A  transgender doctor raised formal concerns about patient safety eight months after an incident involving a female nurse occurred but denied trying to get her struck off, an employment tribunal has heard.

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

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