Scots nurse suspended over row with trans colleague denies comparing doctor to rapist
Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for 30 years, took Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton to an employment tribunal after being suspended over an incident on Christmas Eve 2023 in the female changing rooms.
Dr Upton began working with Ms Peggie in the A&E department in August 2023, before three incidents in the female changing rooms, the tribunal heard.Ms Peggie said her issues were not with Dr Upton but with sharing the female changing room, and she took issue with NHS decision-making, the tribunal in Dundee was told.
The nurse lodged a complaint of sexual harassment or harassment related to a protected beliefs under the Equality Act 2010 regarding three incidents when they were in the changing room together; indirect harassment; victimisation; and whistleblowing.
Ms Peggie told the tribunal she believed Dr Upton was a man, and admitted she was the only person involved who would have been guilty of committing harassment under a workplace policy.
