NHS Fife tries to silence nurse - Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife Health Board - thread #2

[nauticant]

Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy (VH), has brought claims in the employment tribunal against her employer; Fife Health Board (the Board) and another employee, Dr B Upton. Ms Peggie’s claims are of sexual harassment, harassment related to a protected belief, indirect discrimination and victimisation. Dr Upton claims to be a transwoman, that is observed as male at birth but asserting a female gender identity.

The Employment Tribunal hearing started on Monday 3 January 2025 and is expected to continue for 2 weeks.

First thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5186317-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse

It's being live tweeted by https://x.com/tribunaltweets and there's additional information here: https://tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/peggie-vs-fife-health-board-and-dr

I feel like a stalker!

@nauticant well said. I would hate for TT or the remote access to be withdrawn because of inappropriate comments on this thread.

I love her. She's brilliant.

Weren’t they non-binary?

I agree @Harassedevictee

The dog? Or...

Probably both

Yes, I think you're right. My mistake.

Thanks. I posted my warning simply out of wanting the hearing to run smoothly and there not being opportunities for Peggie's case to be disrupted by external matters.

I find it so depressing that women, including JR, all know how intimidating it is or would be to find oneself alone in a changing room with a male person (whatever their identity). As women, we instinctively know that. We’ve almost certainly all had a time when the presence of a male person has caused us discomfort for whatever reason. Yet here, poor nurse Peggie is being made out to be some awful bully for (a) feeling that and (b) having the audacity to say something about it.

Dr Upton didn’t need to do anything to be intimidating, it’s an act of intimidation to be a male person in a single sex female space.

Every case I feel like the world has gone mad and can’t get more mad, and yet every time I’m shocked again.

Thank you, @weebisom, for the clarification.

(Have I been watching too many courtroom dramas again?)

Anyone else currently looking at a bearded bloke on his mobile?

Understood, Nauticant. Thank you for the reminder.

Is Ian Wilson taking a picture of their screen?

Yes, I was too Boiled!

👀

tribunal clerk " "Mr Wilson please turn your camera off" 😂

Yes, I think those are 'pre-transition' photos.

It sure looked like it. That's a massive self-own.

It did look rather like that

We should probably keep people's names out of it, guys.

That's a fair point too.

Just waiting on the panel members returning at this point. Everyone else is sat ready and waiting.

Who is that? An observer or someone in court?

Looks like the individual with their camera on has been booted