NHS Fife tries to silence nurse - Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton - thread #38

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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 February 2025 and was expected to last 2 weeks. However, after 2 weeks it was not complete and it adjourned part-heard. It resumed on 16 July and the last day of evidence will be 28 July and then there will be 2 days of submissions from counsel meaning that the hearing will end on 30 July.

The hearing commenced with Sandie Peggie giving evidence. Dr Beth Upton gave evidence from Thursday 6 February to Wednesday 12 February.

Access to view the hearing remotely was obtainable by sending an email request to [email protected] by 5pm on Wednesday 9 July. Detailed instructions were provided here:

drive.google.com/file/d/16-9POEZ7yHWUr6EmbfquJZO18Gv78bSm/view

The hearing is being live tweeted by x.com/tribunaltweets and there's additional information here: tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/peggie-vs-fife-health-board-and-dr-005 and tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/peggie-vs-fife-health-board-and-dr-bd6. This also has threadreaderapp archives of live-tweeting of the sessions of the hearing for those who can't follow on Twitter, for example: archive.ph/WSSjg.

An alternative to Twitter is to use Nitter: nitter.net/tribunaltweets or nitter.poast.org/tribunaltweets

Links to previous threads #1 to #29 can be found in the header of thread #30.

Thread 30: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5375337-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-30
Thread 31: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5375819-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-31
Thread 32: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5376072-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-32
Thread 33: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5376608-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-33
Thread 34: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5377387-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-34
Thread 35: mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5377598-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-35
Thread 36 mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5378031-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-36
Thread 37: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5378200-nhs-fife-tries-to-silence-nurse-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-thread-37

I am learning SO MUCH about MN posts today! Thx.

Wait? Wtf?

That doesn't look like KS?

'Sea salt' on labels always makes me wonder about the sheer amount of shit there must be in the sea, which doesn't make me want to use it, tbh.

Managed to catch up just before they start, having been out all morning.

Am genuinely shocked at the nurse denied time off for her own wedding.

A bit baffled by people saying they use Re: in an initial email header - I get that you might be using it to refer to a conversation had that you're following up on but does it not get very confusing when the re:'s start to add to the title in the replies?

I did not know this. Very handy

Unless she's gone grey in the waiting room, this is someone else

Note to self

Dye your roots should you ever appear in a live streamed court case

Who is about to give evidence?

Maggie Curran I presume

I’ve still got a black screen.

This makes sense to me. I don’t see why it’s confusing really, I never pay much attention to the Re: anyway. I guess it would just read re: re:xxxx

If that’s what it takes. I’m glad to see them take women’s SSS seriously.

KS has aged...

Or it's someone else.

Fife Leader, Fife Leader, come in Fife Leader.

sadly ma local poond shop is closin doon. 8 packets ae 6 tea cakes, fower poon. It's an ill wind.

I am always suspicious of oat pancake recipes that don’t contain eggs and some sort of leavening. But I like a fluffy pancake with fruit and Greek yoghurt.

Me too, what IS going on today?

Why not KS?????????????????????????

If you don't get back in soon try logging out and back in again. Happened to me the other day and worked. I've been in the room at least half an hour now

If KS is not up, presumably that was something dealt with in this mornings private hearing?
As she’s deffo there, was pictured going in this morning.

Do we know if she’s left?

I tend to bookmark the page I'm on in my Chrome reading list and just open it again when I get back. Works for me.

Why no KS? I thought NC hadn't finished with her yet.

My guess is Maggie Currer. She was next on the list.

Staunin by, staunin by!