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topicnews · July 18, 2025

Tribunal hears Trans -Doctor while the nurse sobbed

Tribunal hears Trans -Doctor while the nurse sobbed


The tribunal also heard that an informal monthly meeting between Senior Consultants and Senior Nurses – some time before the Christmas Eve – was made aware that Dr. Upton had access to the female changing room.

Dr. Pitt said: “At one of these meetings before December, a member of the senior nurses said that Dr. Upton had taken over this changing room, but our understanding was that she was entitled to have been informed.

“We were not informed about the details, it was to know that people had concerns.”

Ms. Peggies Junior Counsel, Charlotte Elves, later lifted an e -mail that on December 29, 2023 by Dr. Kate Searle, Dr. Upton's Line Manager, was sent.

It says: “We all support them and condemn the actions of Sandie”.

Dr. Pitt said it was sent to around 20 high -ranking consultants and described it as a “information exchange”.

The consultant said: “When I” condemned the actions “, we heard that she had been verbally attacked.

“The way I always think that someone would condemn a behavior that causes someone to feel insecure or disregarded, that does not mean that we condemn the person.”

She also said that the sex of Dr. Upton “just not something we talked about”.

On Wednesday, Ms. Peggie was released by the Health Board by the Health Board on Wednesday.

It became the misconduct, the failure of patient care and the reasoning of Dr. Upton accused.

NHS FIFE said that an internal hearing showed that there was “not enough evidence of determining misconduct”.

The tribunal continues.