Doctor who urinated in Gosport hospital sink struck off

A physician discovered to have urinated in a session room’s sink and failed to stick to restrictions on his registration has been struck off.

Graham Holmes labored as a locum guide in Hampshire, Dorset, Greater Manchester and the Wirral.

A listening to additionally discovered he instructed a lady that she wanted a CT scan “to see if she had a brain”, or phrases to that impact.

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) discovered there was “no evidence of an acknowledgment, appreciation of, or apology for, his proven serious misconduct”.

Its tribunal discovered Dr Holmes labored at numerous hospitals between August 2019 and March 2021.

At the Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire, in August 2019, a colleague stated she had overheard Dr Holmes telling the girl she wanted the scan – however that the affected person didn’t hear.

Dr Holmes instructed the regulator he couldn’t keep in mind if he made the remark.

A colleague on the similar hospital reported they watched by an inner window as he urinated into the sink whereas pouring water from a cup down it.

Concerns have been raised about him adhering to Covid-19 an infection management protocols whereas working on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset in 2020.

A supervisor stated he was the “worst member of staff for not wearing his mask properly” whereas working on the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan, Greater Manchester, additionally in 2020.

It was additionally discovered Dr Holmes had intentionally didn’t adjust to circumstances positioned on his registration over six weeks whereas working for the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust in 2021.

The regulator stated that was deliberate and the “most serious” aspect of his misconduct.