9 d. ago Sandie Peggie: Emails reveal what options were considered in suspending NHS Fife nurse over Beth Upton row

The emails also reveal there were ‘near misses’ between the pair, with Dr Upton being told it was ‘not safe’ to work.

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1 week ago NHS Fife 'humiliation' after Sandie Peggie case will 'lead to more tribunal settlements'

Warning that defendants in similar cases like Sandie Peggie’s action against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton ‘won’t win’.

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3 w. ago Readers' Letters: Sack NHS Fife Board in wake of Sandy Peggie case

So far as the Sandie Peggie employment tribunal goes, NHS Fife keeps digging deeper, says reader

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3 w. ago Sandie Peggie: Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay demands NHS Fife board resign over 'dire' handling of case

Russell Findlay demands resignations over NHS Fife scandal

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3 w. ago NHS Fife bosses should step down over Sandie Peggie tribunal, says Russell Findlay

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has called for the NHS Fife board to be removed over their handling of the Sandie Peggie tribunal.

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3 w. ago Tory leader calls for resignations at NHS Fife over Sandie Peggie tribunal

Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay has urged NHS Fife’s boss and board to quit.

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3 w. ago Nurse takes legal action against RCN in trans changing room row

Sandie Peggie has started action against the Royal College of Nursing

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3 w. ago Transgender doctor's complaint that she felt 'threatened' by much smaller nurse in female changing room row was 'plausible', senior medic says

The row between Ms Peggie and Dr Upton centres around the trans medic using a female-only changing room which led to the nurse accusing Fife Health Board of breaching the Equality Act.

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3 w. ago Police Scotland 'assessing' NHS Fife reports of threats linked to Sandie Peggie case

NHS Fife also revealed that legal costs have increased by £38,000 in just one month.

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3 w. ago Lawyers for nurse Sandie Peggie condemn 'irresponsible' statement from NHS Fife

Police Scotland 'assessing' health board’s reports of threats linked to high-profile case involving trans doctor

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The US president is struggling to close down speculation about the case that those close to him have promotedDonald Trump has thrived on conspiracy theories – “birtherist” lies that Barack Obama was born outside the US; the lunacies of the Q-Anon movement; false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. All centred on the idea that the “deep state” was lying to, and thus cheating, ordinary people. Mr Trump was their tribune.It’s hard not to feel schadenfreude now that he’s at the sharp end of a theory that he at times encouraged and allies eagerly pushed: claims that the prison death of the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein might not be suicide after all, and that wealthy and well-connected associates were trying to hush up connections to the financier. Mr Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, promised that “truckloads” of documents would help reveal the truth and claimed that a client list was “sitting on my desk right now”.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this ...

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3 w. ago Senior nurse said Sandie Peggie was ‘intolerant’ of trans people, tribunal told

Ms Peggie, a nurse, has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and trans medic Dr Beth Upton, citing four claims under the Equality Act 2010.

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3 w. ago Sandie Peggie tribunal: NHS Fife breaks silence on ‘unacceptable personal attacks’ and 'worrying behaviour' in polarised debate

NHS Fife has spoken for the first time after coming under intense scrutiny in the high profile employment tribunal hearing of nurse Sandy Peggie.

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3 w. ago Issue of trans doctor using female facilities at Fife hospital 'had previously been raised'

Sandie Peggie was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing room with Dr Upton at the hospital on Christmas Eve 2023.

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3 w. ago Sandie Peggie: Issue of trans doctor using female facilities previously raised, tribunal told

The tribunal heard Dr Pitt speak on Friday.

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3 w. ago Issue of trans doctor using female facilities previously raised, tribunal told

Dr Elspeth Pitt said Dr Beth Upton was in a state of ‘visible distress’ following an incident at work involving nurse Sandie Peggie.

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3 w. ago Hospital was advised trans doctor could use female facilities, tribunal told

Sandie Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton, citing four clauses in the Equality Act 2010.

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3 w. ago Sandie Peggie was not sexually harassed by trans doctor, top nurse claims

NHS Fife’s head of nursing was questioned as part of the ongoing employment tribunal between Sandie Peggie and Dr Beth Upton.

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3 w. ago Fife NHS head of nursing 'can't recall' risk assessment behind Sandie Peggie’s suspension

Ms Peggie was suspended after she complained about having to share a changing room with Dr Upton at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife - where they both worked - on Christmas Eve 2023.

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3 w. ago Head of nursing ‘can’t recall’ risk assessment behind Sandie Peggie’s suspension

The nurse was suspended after complaining about sharing a changing room with trans doctor Beth Upton.

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