Overview
- Potter will formally step down in summer 2026, with NHS Fife beginning arrangements to recruit a successor.
- The employment tribunal concerns a Christmas Eve 2023 encounter between nurse Sandie Peggie and transgender doctor Beth Upton in a female changing room at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
- Peggie was removed from duties after the incident, was later cleared of gross misconduct by her employer, and has brought claims against NHS Fife and Upton alleging sexual harassment and Equality Act breaches.
- Closing submissions concluded in early September and the tribunal’s decision remains pending.
- NHS Fife faced a formal rebuke from Scotland’s Information Commissioner over a 1,700-word statement issued during the hearing, as political critics highlighted reported £260,000 legal costs and called for leadership change.