The most serious of the allegations against Mr Turner was that on 21 December 2020, whilst preparing an operating theatre for an emergency case, he grabbed a female colleague (referred to as Colleague A) by the back of the neck, pinned her face down on the operating table and touched her sexually.
This incident, the tribunal’s report said, was reported to the police but no charges were brought.
It was further alleged that on other occasions he touched Colleague A in a similarly sexual manner and made a sexual comment about her appearance.
Sometime between March and September 2020 he made a sexual comment about another colleague, referred to as Colleague B.
In a written ruling published online, the HCPTS said despite Mr Turner’s denials, it was satisfied the allegations were true.
“It [the tribunal] accepted that the events had occurred as described by Colleague A,” the ruling reads.
“It follows from this that the Panel rejected the evidence of [Mr Turner] where it conflicted with it.
The tribunal also accepted the allegations made by Colleague B were true, concluding that the only appropriate action was to declare Mr Turner unfit to practice and strike him from the register.
This was in part, the tribunal said, because of his consistent denial of the events and the risk in its view, of him acting inappropriately again in the future.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said they did receive an allegation of sexual assault at Southmead Hospital, related to 21 December 2020.
“The incident was investigated but there was insufficient evidence to proceed and no proportionate further lines of enquiry,” they said.
“No arrests were made.”