PA mediaAn employment tribunal consisting of a female nurse and a transgender doctor who has become the latest front in the fight on gender policy, starting in Dundi.
Sandy Pegi was suspended from his role as a nurse with NHS Murali last year, when he Dr. Bath upon, who is a transgender woman, objected using a female changing room.
Ms. Pegi claims that her treatment was illegal under the Equality Act of 2010 and she was the Health Board and Dr. Has brought a case against Apon.
NHS Murali and doctors are defending their functions – at the cost of a public purse of at least £ 220,000 – arguing that they have complied with NHS policy.
Ms. Pegi, who has worked in NHS Murali for more than 30 years, told the Tribunal that he was Dr. in a changing room at Victoria Hospital in Kirkaldi on three occasions between August and December 2023. Feeling uncomfortable around Apon.
He said that the issue came on one head on the eve of Christmas when Dr. Upton started landing in front of him.
Ms. Pegi told the tribunal that she felt “embarrassed and frightened”.
The pair then exchanged the words – although the details of their conversation are disputed.
After the exchange, Dr. Upon complained to NHS Murali about Ms. Pegi’s behavior and the nurse was suspended on 3 January 2024.
In her evidence, Ms. Pegi said that when she knows that she had a complaint against her, she was “shocked more than anything”.
The board has described the case of Ms. Pegi as “unnecessary and disgusting”, while Dr. Upton has accused the nurse of bullying and harassment.
The doctor told the tribunal, “I am not interested in vengeance and I am not interested in vengeance – I am interested in justice.”
“Trans people are not hunters by the nature of being themselves.”
PA mediaThe tribunal was sitting for 10 days in February and was then postponed so far.
A separate disciplinary hearing, which was also determined for February, was postponed at the request of Ms. Pegi’s legal team.
In that case, the nurse is facing allegations – which she refuses – misconduct, patient care failures and Dr. Urban to Apon.
It has now been reported that the result has not been made public.
Supreme court governance
The broader issue of gender has provoked years of debate in Scotland.
This includes arguments about A case of A. Transgender rapist is known as Isla Bryson And an attempt by politicians in Edinburgh – Finally blocked by Westminster – To make the penis easier to change the penis.
A decisive moment came in April when UK Supreme Court clarified the law on genderUnanimously deciding that a woman is defined by biological sex under the Equality Act.
“The concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a male,” Judges wrote, “The general meaning of those plain and vague words was” self-infuser and needed “no more clarification”.
The 88-Page’s decision was a denial of SNP’s interpretation of law.
The Scottish government replied that it had argued in the court and worked in good faith that Trans women were women.
Ms. Pegi is Since NHS Murali has been called Perform the Supreme Court immediately “prevent any man from allowing any man, who identifies as a woman” access to the female-cavalry space.
NHS Murali says that “work is going on to identify areas where any adaptation may require and schedule any task, which may be necessary, as a result of the decision.
It states that it was waiting for a new practice to be reviewed by equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), which advises public bodies on law.
In a statement, the EHRC stated that it was currently “working at a pace” on new advice that organizations “should follow the law” now “what changes, if any, need to be made for their policies and practices”.
The Scottish government says that it “accepts the decision of the Supreme Court”, saying that “detailed work which is necessary as the result” is running.
