{"id":18726,"date":"2025-07-23T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18726\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:49:08","slug":"nhs-consultant-spoke-to-trans-row-witness-despite-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18726\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS consultant spoke to trans row witness despite warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Giving evidence for a second day<\/a>, Dr Searle was again quizzed regarding emails exchanged between senior staff in the aftermath of the Christmas Eve incident.<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham focused on one message said to mention avoiding “foot in mouth syndrome” and that not all messages had been provided to the tribunal.<\/p>\n

She added Dr Searle’s search for emails related to the case had either been “surprisingly incompetent or deliberately withholding” the email.<\/p>\n

Dr Searle said she rejected the latter suggestion.<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham accused Dr Searle of “turning up the emotional heat” with how she reported the incident in the datex.<\/p>\n

She replied that she had reported the incident as she saw it, with a junior doctor upset about something that had happened at work.<\/p>\n

Dr Searle had told the tribunal on Tuesday she considered reporting the matter to Police Scotland as it could be considered a hate crime.<\/p>\n

Ms Cunningham asked Dr Searle if she would have recognised Dr Upton as trans if she had not been told, and claimed the junior doctor was “obviously male”.<\/p>\n

The lawyer added that the Christmas Eve incident could have been resolved by Dr Upton leaving the changing room, rather than telling Ms Peggie to speak to management about it.<\/p>\n

Dr Searle said she disagreed this would have been a suitable way to end the altercation.<\/p>\n

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