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
Photograph: Irish News (embedded from source)
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
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Trust
42/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
41/100
18 sources · methodology
Missing from the right
None of the 14 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.
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.
Coverage settled. We checked this 69 times and stopped on 29 Sept 2026, 13:00. The figures above are what it finished at.
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Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs
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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
9 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
5 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 ran this story. We watched the coverage until it stopped changing, and none appeared.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Nurse takes union to tribunal over gender critical beliefs?
- Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 64% are rated left, 36% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 18. 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?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 14 rated outlets on this story, 64% are rated left, 36% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- 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 18 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?
- 18 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.
Read it at the source
18 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
9- Nurse at centre of trans hospital row takes on nursing union (opens Channel 4 in a new tab)
- Sandie Peggie 'felt discriminated against' by union in trans row, tribunal told (opens Daily Record in a new tab)
Daily Record — is Daily Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie says union ‘did not take it as seriously as I did’ (opens Irish News in a new tab)
Irish News — is Irish News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens The National in a new tab)
The National — is The National biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
The Independent (US) — is The Independent (US) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens perspectivemedia.com in a new tab)
perspectivemedia.com — is perspectivemedia.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Sandie Peggie employment tribunal - all you need to know (opens The Scotsman in a new tab)
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Centre
5- Tribunal begins into nurse’s discrimination claim against RCN (opens Nursing Times in a new tab)
Nursing Times — is Nursing Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- RCN made me feel like a ‘bigot’, ex-worker tells Sandie Peggie tribunal (opens Belfast Telegraph in a new tab)
Belfast Telegraph — is Belfast Telegraph biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens Sky News UK in a new tab)
Sky News UK — is Sky News UK biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Sandie Peggie says union did not take her case seriously (opens BBC News in a new tab)
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens Evening Standard in a new tab)
Evening Standard — is Evening Standard biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
4- Trans Row Nurse Sandie Peggie Takes Nursing Union To Employment Tribunal (opens Great Yorkshire Radio in a new tab)
Great Yorkshire Radio — is Great Yorkshire Radio biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie takes nursing union to employment tribunal (opens Stv in a new tab)
- Jennifer Melle and Darlington nurse to give evidence in Peggie v RCN (opens Christian Concern in a new tab)
Christian Concern
- Nurses to give evidence in Peggie's case against her own union (opens Personnel Today in a new tab)
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