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NHS Fife nurse in gender tribunal meets MSPs at Holyrood
The nurse at the centre of a high-profile employment tribunal about single-sex spaces has told MSPs about the appalling ordeal she has endured just for standing up for women's rights.
Sandie Peggie yesterday lifted the lid on the major impact the tribunal with NHS Fife has had on her life and career.
The 50-year-old is said to have described the scale of 'discrimination and harassment' she has endured for speaking out about having to undress in front of transgender doctor Beth Upton at Kirkcaldy's Victoria Hospital.
Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay, who took part in the private talks alongside other Tory MSPs, said it is 'outrageous' that her career has been 'destroyed' and life consumed by a 'suffocating legal process'.
Ms Peggie also met with Labour MSPs, the Alba Party's Ash Regan and the SNP's Michelle Thomson at the Scottish parliament. However, First Minister John Swinney and his deputy Kate Forbes declined an invite.
Following the talks, Ms Peggie's solicitor Margaret Gribbon said: 'Politicians needed to hear directly from Sandie to understand how the sheer depth of the discrimination and harassment she and women like her have endured in workplaces – in her case, as a nurse with 30 years unblemished service, simply because she objected to having to undress in front of a man.'
Mr Findlay, pictured, said: 'Sandie has paid a massive price for her brave and principled stand against the SNP government's promotion of gender politics which now infects Scotland's entire public sector.'
