A nurse who challenged the presence of a transgender doctor in women's changing rooms has been cleared of misconduct.
Sandie Peggie had been suspended after complaining about Dr Beth Upton - a biological man who identifies as a woman - using female facilities at NHS Fife, where the pair both worked.
Dr Upton accused her of bullying and harassment and cited concerns about "patient care".
She faced an employment tribunal, hearings for which took place in Dundee in February before being adjourned until July.
Now, her lawyers have said she has been cleared of four allegations of gross misconduct.
A statement from her solicitor, Margaret Gribbon, reads: "On Tuesday, July 15, the evening before the resuming of her tribunal, Sandie Peggie received confirmation from Fife Health Board that following a disciplinary hearing, none of the gross misconduct allegations against her were upheld.
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"This follows a disciplinary hearing on June 25, which considered four gross misconduct allegations: two relating to patient care failures, one of 'misgendering' Dr Upton, and one relating to her encounter with Dr Upton in the workplace female-only changing room on Christmas Eve 2023.
"Sandie is relieved and delighted that this 18-month-long internal process has concluded and cleared her of all allegations."
Her clearing comes the day before an employment tribunal raised by Peggie against her employer resumes in Dundee later today.
Peggie has said her treatment was unlawful under the Equality Act 2010 - and brought a case against both the health board and Dr Upton.
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NHS Fife and the doctor, however, are defending their actions in a case worth £220,000 of taxpayer cash - arguing that they complied with NHS policy.
Peggie's February hearings were adjourned shortly before the UK Supreme Court's landmark common-sense ruling that a woman is a biological female.
She has publicly welcomed the judgment - which in April confirmed the terms "woman" and "sex" in the Equality Act "refer to a biological woman and biological sex".
Peggie has since vowed that she "expects NHS Fife to immediately stop permitting any man who identifies as a woman access to female-only, single-sex spaces in the workplace".
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In her hearings earlier this year, Peggie had revealed how "embarrassed" she felt about having to undress in front of a biologically male colleague.
"I was upset he was being allowed to use it. I didn't want to go in, I felt embarrassed," she said. "I didn’t want to change in front of him."
She told the tribunal: "Beth informed me he had as much right to be there as I did.
"I told him that wasn't true and if I wanted to get changed in front of a man I would have gone to the male changing room."
"It's possible I work with some people who hold those views, and they may be unhappy.
"Those people may be opposed to the inclusion of trans people. Why they might be uncomfortable with me is up to them. I would disagree that I am male."