Sandie Peggie wins trans row tribunal against NHS Fife in landmark ruling

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Sandie Peggie was harassed by NHS Fife in a row over sharing a staff changing room with a trans colleague, an employment tribunal has found in a landmark legal ruling. ‌

The nurse, who has 30 years' experience, took the health board to a tribunal after refusing to share a Kirkcaldy hospital changing room with Dr Beth Upton. ‌

Peggie was suspended by NHS Fife bosses after she complained about Dr Upton using the female changing room at the A&E department in Victoria Hospital following a row in December 2023. ‌

She argued that having to get changed beside Dr Beth Upton - a biological male who identifies as a woman - amounted to unlawful harassment under the Equality Act.

NHS guidance at the time stated said transgender men and women were allowed to use the cha