Sandie Peggie: Employment Tribunal, associated legal claims, and related matters - thread #67

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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.

A second Employment Tribunal, Sandie Peggie vs Royal College of Nursing, has just been heard. The hearing started on Wednesday 23 September 2026 and ended on Thursday 1 October 2026. It is possible that a decision will be handed down before Christmas of this year.

Additional legal claims have been raised. Sandie Peggie is taking action against three senior managers who were witnesses in the first 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 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

Thread 65: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5583663-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-65 29 September 2026 to 30 September 2026

Thread 66: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5584074-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-associated-legal-claims-and-related-matters-thread-66 30 September 2026 to 1 October 2026

I’ve finally caught up. What I take from this and similar tribunals regardless of outcome is those practices which were unlawful, insidiously hidden and ruthlessly applied are now out in the public domain to be examined and enforced correctly. For that alone SP, all those nurses and any woman brave enough to challenge unlawful ideological enforcements in the workplace sss deserve a medal and compensation. Is somewhere private to take your kit off, use the loo and commune with other women really so terrible and too much of an ask of a reputable employer?

Like this?

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don't look at the Wikipedia page

it made me quite cross

I've always been a bit uncomfortable with the idea of motion sensors in a toilet. Linked to an automatic flush maybe?

Nailed it

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It is calculated that you need 25% extra unisex toilets over the number of standard toilet cubicles within a separate sex washroom to achieve the same turnover. Obviously it takes longer in a room with the sink and dryer in (although academic studies show a large % of men do not wash their hands). Urinals are much more space efficient than cubicles and there’s quicker turnover. Women need double the amount of units (urinals plus toilets) to achieve equity of provision due to BIOLOGICAL reasons. Biological being the word in British Standards.

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@NoWordForFluffy Check your PMs

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Thanks to lovely Mumsnetters I can now

Do Bigly Words

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Whoop whoop you got it.

Oi, less of your lovely - I don't do beeee kind.

I want to do it toooooo pleeeassseee.

Gosh I don't know if I can tell 3 people in one night.

I'd feel like Oprah, you get bigly word, you get bigly words you all get the bigly words.

Great comment. One of the points in the recent "This isn't working" podcast from Tanya de Grunwald is that these men trying to breach women's boundaries in the workplace are turning workplaces into a hostile environment for 50% of the population. Quite amazing to see so many employers pissing off women employees by pandering to dodgy men whining about being outed when being told to use men's changing rooms, showers, toilets or mixed sex alternatives.

However - it's evident that following the SC judgment women are finding their voices and starting to demand spaces, sports etc back.

Thanks so much @Lougle and @Keeptoiletssafefor your answers.

Now to decide if it’s worth contacting the venues to let them know…

@GriseldaandMike

And it’s funny seeing you all doing your bigly words on the app, which keeps all the text the same size 😂

kinda like watching a silent disco

I have 'slid into' your PMs

It must be a

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Thankyou you lovely kind woman.

Right, that's it I'm never telling anyone ever again. I'm an awful person, truly dreadful.

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Would it be wrong of me to suggest that @Lacksie is more than a little bit 'Uptonist'?

Ahh all my little apprentices have found their wings tonight.

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