Transgender doctor told NHS of ‘intent’ to use women’s changing rooms – tribunal A transgender doctor told NHS managers of intent to use female changing room facilities and denied that using them despite the discomfort of a female nurse was “bullying and harassment”, an employment tribunal has heard.
A statement from Dr Upton was read to the tribunal, regarding how permission was obtained, which said: “I had reached out to say as a trans woman I had used women’s changing rooms in previous jobs and intended to.
Ms Cunningham said: “The starting point is that an employer is not entitled to give an employee permission to harass; whether or not the second respondent had permission to enter the women’s changing room isn’t relevant.
On Monday, the tribunal heard Dr Upton told line manager Dr Kate Searle about intention to use female changing rooms, based on “previous experiences”.
Nurse Sandie Peggie, who has worked at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Fife, for 30 years, took the Fife health board and Dr Beth Upton to tribunal after being suspended following an incident on Christmas Eve 2023 in the female changing rooms.
