{"id":174289,"date":"2025-10-02T03:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174289\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:13:08","slug":"sandie-peggie-nhs-board-tells-staff-to-use-toilets-in-line-with-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174289\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandie Peggie NHS board tells staff to use toilets in line with sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A review released on Tuesday states: \u201cWhere toilets and changing facilities are not in individual separate lockable rooms; separate toilets and changing facilities will be provided for men and women alongside additional gender-neutral facilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWhere a facility is provided separately for men and women, it should be used by people whose sex at birth corresponds with the facility.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The assessment also says that \u201cno-one should be put in a position that they do not have access to suitable facilities that respect and protect their dignity and privacy\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Peggie was suspended after she complained about sharing a changing room with Dr Upton, on Christmas Eve 2023, while on shift at Victoria Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/local-news\/kirkcaldy-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirkcaldy<\/a>, Fife.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She was placed on leave after Dr Upton alleged Ms Peggie had bullied and harassed them due to their gender identity.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The tribunal heard from a number of witnesses during two weeks of proceedings in late July.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A former friend of Ms Peggie told the tribunal that the nurse had allegedly made comments calling Dr Upton \u201c\u2018weirdo&#8217;, &#8216;it&#8217; and &#8216;him&#8217;.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Peggie has claimed that her comments made during the Christmas Eve row constituted a protected disclosure under the Employment Rights Act 1996, and that Dr Upton\u2019s refusal to leave the changing room and their decision to submit what Ms Peggie describes as an \u201cunfounded complaint of bullying\u201d \u2014 amounted to retaliation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Closing submissions took place in early September, and the tribunal will meet again in October for four days of deliberation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a statement on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/topics\/nhs-fife\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHS Fife<\/a> said it was \u201ccommitted to ensuring that all staff have access to facilities which are safe, lawful, and that respect the privacy and dignity of everyone\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Read more:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25355984.320-000-growing-paying-sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">At \u00a3320,000 and growing, who is paying for Sandie Peggie employment tribunal?<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25420853.information-commissioner-confirms-probe-nhs-fife-peggie-foi-handling\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Information Commissioner confirms probe into NHS Fife over Peggie FOI handling<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25354001.sandie-peggie-employment-tribunal-vs-nhs-fife-10-jaw-dropping-moments\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sandie Peggie employment tribunal vs NHS Fife: The 10 most jaw-dropping moments<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson added: \u201cThis assessment forms part of our ongoing review of staff changing and toilet facilities across the NHS Fife estate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThe review will ensure that our facilities comply with legislative and regulatory requirements.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOur approach includes providing a balanced mix of single-sex, gender-neutral, and accessible facilities so that no staff member is left without access to appropriate facilities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A tribunal panel ruled on Monday that lawyers for NHS Fife acted \u201cnegligently\u201d in their handling of a key legal argument in their case against Ms Peggie.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, the board will still be allowed to run what commentators have dubbed the \u201cBananarama defence\u201d \u2014 after the pop group\u2019s 1980s hit It Ain\u2019t What You Do, It\u2019s the Way That You Do It \u2014 arguing that it was the manner of Ms Peggie\u2019s behaviour, rather than her beliefs, that justified its actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A review released on Tuesday states: \u201cWhere toilets and changing facilities are not in individual separate lockable rooms;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-174289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}