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Trans Row Nurse Sandie Peggie Takes Nursing Union to Employment Tribunal
Peggie says the union failed to advise her on a potential claim and denied formal legal help after her suspension, while the RCN denies the allegations.
- On Wednesday, 52-year-old nurse Sandie Peggie began an employment tribunal in Dundee against the Royal College of Nursing , claiming the union discriminated against her by refusing legal support following her suspension from NHS Fife.
- The dispute stems from Peggie's 2023 incident at Victoria Hospital, where she objected to sharing a changing room with Dr. Beth Upton, a transgender medic, leading to her suspension and disciplinary investigation.
- Peggie's lawyer, Margaret Gribbon, alleges the RCN "repeatedly failed to exercise their industrial muscle" to advocate for her, and that union representative Stuart Fraser was "non-committal" and told her to treat her suspension as an "extended holiday."
- Employment Judge Melanie Sangster is overseeing the seven-day hearing to determine whether the RCN discriminated against Peggie, while the union denies all allegations and states it is "defending the tribunal."
- Peggie is simultaneously challenging a previous NHS Fife tribunal judgment on 13 grounds of appeal, with the full hearing scheduled for the first half of next year.
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Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal
The nurse says the RCN failed to support her in the NHS Fife case.
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Jennifer Melle and Darlington nurse to give evidence in Peggie v RCN
Two nurses supported by the Christian Legal Centre will give evidence during Sandie Peggie’s case against the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) as the employment tribunal hearing begins in Dundee today, Wednesday 23 September. Sandie Peggie, a nurse and member of the Royal College of Nursing for around 30 years, alleges that the union discriminated ...
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