Tribunal nurse plea in wake of Supreme ruling

THE nurse who took legal action against NHS Fife after she had to share a changing room with a transgender doctor wants the board to “immediately” stop giving men who identify as women access to female-only single-sex spaces.

- By Sarah Ward

Sandie Peggie welcomed the recent UK Supreme Court judgment on single-sex spaces and has pledged to continue litigation against NHS Fife.

Ms Peggie, who has worked at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy for 30 years, was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing room with transgender medic Beth Upton at the hospital where they both worked.

She took the health board and Dr Upton to tribunal, lodging a complaint of sexual harassment or harassment related to a protected belief under section 26 of the Equality Act 2010 regarding three incidents when they shared a changing room: indirect harassment, victimisation and whistleblowing.