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Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs

Sandie Peggie claims the Royal College of Nursing discriminated against her after a previous case against NHS Fife.

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Sandie Peggie is taking action against the Royal College of Nursing

What this story says

  • Nurse Sandie Peggie has begun an employment tribunal case against her union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
  • Peggie claims the RCN discriminated against her due to her gender critical and sex realist beliefs.
  • She alleges the RCN failed to adequately support and advise her during a previous disciplinary investigation by NHS Fife.
  • Peggie previously won a partial victory against NHS Fife in an employment tribunal concerning harassment claims.

Who covered it

Left 70%(8)Centre 30%(3)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 11 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 15 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

65/100

Hype

41/100

15 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 11 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Nurse Sandie Peggie has initiated an employment tribunal against her union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Peggie claims the RCN discriminated against her because of her gender critical and sex realist beliefs. She alleges the union did not provide adequate support and advice after she was suspended by NHS Fife. The tribunal began in Dundee on Wednesday 23 September.

This is Peggie's second employment tribunal. Her first case was against NHS Fife, following an objection to sharing a changing room with a transgender medic. An employment tribunal awarded Peggie a partial victory against NHS Fife in December last year, upholding claims of harassment but dismissing allegations of discrimination, indirect discrimination, and victimisation.

Disagreement on timing of legal advice

Peggie's case against the RCN alleges the union failed to advise her in January 2024 after her suspension from NHS Fife that she had a legal claim against her employer. However, the Irish News reported that Peggie's team are expected to claim the RCN failed to advise her in January 2024, while the Evening Standard and The National stated her team are expected to claim the RCN failed to advise her in January 2024. The Independent, The Independent (US), perspectivemedia.com, and stv stated the nurse says the RCN failed to support her in the NHS Fife case. Peggie's case also claims the union refused her request for legal support in January 2025 during NHS Fife's handling of her disciplinary investigation.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated outlet ran this story. The digests from unrated outlets Great Yorkshire Radio, stv, Christian Concern, and Personnel Today did not mention the specific dates of the alleged failure to provide legal support in January 2024 or January 2025. The digests from The Independent, The Independent (US), and perspectivemedia.com stated the nurse says the RCN failed to support her in the NHS Fife case, but did not specify the nature of the alleged failure to advise or the refusal of legal support.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 20:30, and will add the sides that appear.

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How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

8 rated outlets

  • Seven left-rated reports covered the story. The Irish News, The National, The Independent, The Independent (US), perspectivemedia.com, The Scotsman, and The Herald Scotland all reported that Sandie Peggie is taking the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to an employment tribunal. Six of these reports stated Peggie claims the RCN discriminated against her because of her gender critical and sex realist beliefs. Six reports also mentioned her previous case against NHS Fife, with five specifying that she was awarded a partial victory against the health board for harassment. The Irish News, The National, The Independent, The Independent (US), and perspectivemedia.com reported Peggie's claim that the RCN failed to support her in the NHS Fife case. The Irish News also included Peggie's statement that a union representative 'was not taking it as seriously as I was'.

Centre

3 rated outlets

  • Three centre-rated reports covered the story. The Evening Standard, Sky News UK, and BBC News reported that Sandie Peggie is taking the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to an employment tribunal. All three mentioned her claim that the RCN discriminated against her due to her gender critical beliefs. The Evening Standard and Sky News UK also noted her previous case against NHS Fife, stating she received a partial victory for harassment. The BBC News reported Peggie claims the RCN failed to properly support and advise her after her suspension.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs?
Of the 11 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 70% are rated left, 30% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 15. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs left or right?
Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 11 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
Is the coverage of Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs biased?
Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs is one event reported by 15 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs?
15 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What is Sandie Peggie's current legal action?
Sandie Peggie is taking her union, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), to an employment tribunal. She claims the RCN discriminated against her because of her gender critical and sex realist beliefs and failed to adequately support her during a previous disciplinary investigation by NHS Fife.
What was the outcome of Sandie Peggie's previous case against NHS Fife?
Sandie Peggie previously brought a case against NHS Fife after objecting to sharing a changing room with a transgender medic. An employment tribunal awarded her a partial victory in December last year, upholding claims of harassment against her employer but dismissing other allegations.
What specific failures does Peggie allege against the RCN?
Peggie alleges the RCN failed to advise her in January 2024 that she had a legal claim against NHS Fife after her suspension. She also claims the union refused her request for legal support in January 2025 during NHS Fife's disciplinary investigation and failed to advocate for single-sex changing facilities.

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Left

8

Centre

3

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

4

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