Transgender doctor told NHS of ‘intent’ to use women’s changing rooms – tribunal

Dr Beth Upton and nurse Sandie Peggie both worked at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

A transgender doctor told NHS managers of intent to use female changing room facilities and denied that using them despite the discomfort of a female nurse was “bullying and harassment”, 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.