Sandie Peggie: Employment Tribunal, associated legal claims, and related matters - thread #65

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TLDR version: Sandie Peggie vs Royal College of Nursing is currently being heard. The hearing started on Wednesday 23 September 2026 and is scheduled to end on Thursday 1 October 2026.

Sandie Peggie, a nurse at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy (VH), brought claims in the employment tribunal against her employer; Fife Health Board (the Board) and another employee, Dr B Upton. Ms Peggie’s claims were of sexual harassment, harassment related to a protected belief, indirect discrimination and victimisation. Dr Upton claimed 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 after a prolonged process judgment was handed down on 8 December 2025. That judgment is being appealed and an appeal hearing is expected to take place in 2027.

Additional legal claims have been raised. Sandie Peggie is taking action against the Royal College of Nursing, against three senior managers who were witnesses in the employment tribunal - Dr Kate Searle, Dr Maggie Currer and Esther Davidson, against Carol Potter, the chief executive of NHS Fife, for victimisation, against NHS Fife for discrimination, and against its director of people and culture David Miller for harassment. In addition, Sandie Peggie is being investigated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council over fitness to practice.

The past proceedings were live tweeted by www.x.com/tribunaltweets. Tribunal Tweets are likely to be providing coverage in current and future proceedings. There's additional information on Tribunal Tweets' substack: www.tribunaltweets.substack.com/.

Links to previous threads #1 to #60 can be found in this thread: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5379717-sandie-peggie-list-of-threads-covering-employment-tribunal-and-afterwards

Thread 61: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5472628-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-following-employment-tribunal-judgment-thread-61 8 January 2026 to 3 August 2026

Thread 62: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5562302-sandie-peggie-vs-nhs-fife-health-board-and-dr-beth-upton-following-employment-tribunal-judgment-thread-62 3 August 2026 to 24 September 2026

Thread 63: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5581909-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-63 24 September 2026 to 27 September 2026

Thread 64: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5583133-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-64 27 September 2026 to 29 September 2026

Oh no, hope you are okay.

That sounds awful, hope you are OK and please concentrate on taking care of yourself. shock takes a while to work through the system.

Shall we send you a support camel?

💐

From TT:

NC To the pages of what I have been rude enough to call RCN 'tat'. Or merchandise
GT Merchandise
NC Please flick through. I've spent longer with that. Mostly generic nursing/RCN merch, some historical slant, some pay campaigning. Main categories?
GT Yes

Oh no, I hope you're ok.

I just keep thinking are her and Stewie just a bit thick?

@RoseInAPot

I read this.....

(DH currently baking me some lemon shortbread

and was impressed by his ability to sit in the tribunal and ask questions AND make you shortbread.

Then I read it again.

My DH made me lunch and wanted to stay to watch - had to tell him to bugger off.

From TT:

NC Look at pages - pride badge, progress pride I love Nursing lanyard, RCN pride in nursing badge, fair pay/ pride in nursing - these are free to members. Paid for by RCN and ultimately funded by members subs
GT Not sure how it works
NC If free, RCN must be paying for them.
GT Yes

Yes stand corrected @Justabaker forgot this is in Sotland.

J - Break for ten minutes while DH passes around the lemon shortbread 😁

Gillian doesn’t understand what ‘inclusive’ means

The word merch has now lost all meaning as NC has said it so many times.

From TT:

NC Progress pride flag branded merch is the fourth category of merch. RCN looks like promoting this.
GT We are an inc union
NC Not v inc of GC people. Saying you're wrong, correct inc position is TWAW
GT Disagree
NC Progress pride flag is emblem of G ideology
GT You've explained yes

It's funny hearing NC saying ' Merch' !😂

Stop digging, Gillian!

J - We've been asked by remote observers not to eat the shortbread too close to the microphones.

<Stares at oven to make it bake more quickly>

I have fallen into the Mumsnet habit of 'DH' when posting here. In conversation I refer to him as 'Himself' 😋

Oh it would definitely be a conversation Gillian!!

I loved her repeatedly saying 'tat'.

J - Could you please make sure not to get crumbs all over the bundles?

From TT:

NC No other belief system being promoted, not marxism, christian etc
GT Not seeable here
NC Only explanation is that RCN has signed up to GI
GT Not aware. RCN is inc.
NC So if GC nurses don't feel inc and ask for GC merch, sufragette flag colours with GC motto, would RCN

Gillian is coming across as if she's in complete denial of the fact she seems to have joined a cult.

Is only just discovering this alledgedly.

So many gems from this tribunal:

how many times did NC get to say
a. Eunuch
b. Tat
c. Merch

False advertising there!!

’Expert’ …..PMSL