So after all that, Theo Upton just quits and moves to the far side of the planet.

Ms Peggie, 56, blew the whistle after being forced to share a changing room with male-to-female doctor Beth Upton, who undressed in front of her.

And news that Dr Upton, 30, has quit the NHS will be “a relief to female patients”, a campaigner has claimed.

The blast came as sources revealed Dr Beth Upton may have flitted 10,000 miles to Australia in the wake of the high-profile court battle.

Couldn’t he have just done that in the first place instead of pissing away all that money and time and effort, all in aid of his game of Pretending to Be a Laydee?

A furious insider said last night: “Staff at the hospital found out he had left and that he was thinking of heading to Australia. Whether that’s for a break or to work there, no one knows.

“But the health board in Fife has spent a fortune in taxpayers’ cash defending themselves and him in the tribunal — and he’s not even an employee any more.”

Never mind. It was fun for him, and that’s what matters.

Susan Smith, director of For Women Scotland, said it would be “a relief to female patients”.

She added: “What came out at the tribunal was that Dr Upton said if a patient requested a female doctor, he would be quite happy to go and treat them. This is someone who put ideology ahead of the welfare of colleagues and patients.

I’m not sure someone like that should have a place in the NHS.”

I’m more dogmatic about it. I think he absolutely shouldn’t.

Ms Smith added: “A lot of chaos has been caused, a lot of money has been spent on this — and more money is going to be spent because Sandie is appealing. I hope anywhere that employs Dr Upton in future is aware of the risks they run with someone who clearly thrives on creating trouble.”

Well, maybe they welcome the publicity.

Scots Tory shadow equalities minister Tess White last night said Ms Peggie was “still waiting for a satisfactory conclusion”. The MSP added: “This disgraced and discredited health board has blown a small fortune trying to silence a nurse who stood up for women’s rights.

“The UK Supreme Court’s verdict last April was crystal-clear — women are entitled to single-sex spaces. But the SNP are still dragging their heels. NHS Fife should apologise for squandering taxpayers’ cash to defend the indefensible and John Swinney should finally grow a backbone and order every public body to follow the law.”

But it’s so much fun to demolish women’s rights and then watch the bitches fume.