Nurse Syam Teeluck, who worked in Hywel Dda Health Board, tried to kiss her, put his hands down the back of her trousers and lay on top of her on at work, the Nursing and Midwifery Council found
15:39, 15 Dec 2025Updated 11:28, 16 Dec 2025
Hywel Dda Health Board’s offices in Carmarthen(Image: Google)
A nurse who sexually assaulted a junior colleague has been struck off the professional register. Syam Teeluck put his hand down the health worker’s trousers, pulled her into a room to try to kiss her and lay on top of her during a night shift.
Teeluck’s actions towards his colleague created “an intimidating, hostile, degrading and humiliating environment” for her, a professional standards hearing found. On another occasion Teeluck pulled her hand to a wet patch in his groin area and said: “‘See that is your fault’ or words to that effect”.
He also told the healthcare worker he had ejaculated in his underwear on more than one occasion, the Nursing and Midwifery Council panel found proved. Read the biggest stories in Wales first by signing up to our daily newsletter here.
Teeluck, a nurse with 25 years experience, sent his colleague, identified only as Colleague A, unwanted social media messages also amounting to sexual harassment.
These included: “can we spend a nite together”, “Do you want sex with me”, “But I want to sleep with u”, “If u dnt know to have sex with me please tell me no”, “But I haven’t had sex for a long time n fancy u”.
In evidence the health worker told the panel: “Syam was very good at making sure no one was around when he did these things.”
The incidents happened while Teeluck and Colleague A worked together at a setting run by Hywel Dda Health Board, which is not identified in the findings of the hearing posted online by the NMC .
Both parties were interviewed during a health board investigation and by Dyfed Powys Police. Hywel Dda Health Board referred the matter to the NMC.
Teeluck, who registered as a nurse in 1993 and is listed as specialising in working with people with learning disabilities, represented himself at the end of the hearing which was held at dates throughout 2024 and 2025 before being adjourned and resumed in late November.
He denied a number of the raft of allegations, some of which were found proved and some not proved by the panel.
Making its findings the panel judged the allegations found proved were sexually motivated and amounted to misconduct. The NMC committee struck Teeluck off the register on the final day of the nearly two year hearing on November 27, 2025.
The committee found he had sexually assaulted the health worker at work on several occasions.
The first main physical incident was when Teeluck “pulled Colleague A into the kitchen cold room with force then tried to kiss Colleague A”. Colleague A left the room crying and showed a colleague a red mark on her arm.
In an interview with Dyfed Powys Police Colleague A told officers: “He (Teeluck) pulled me into a cold room by my left wrist, and I had a mark going down my arm, a red mark, and he was trying to kiss me, and he pushed me up against the stainless steel worktops and cupboards, and he was trying to kiss me.
“I was moving my head around trying to stop him, and I pushed him away and I just said to him, ‘Syam, no. We’re in work’, and I told him to stop. And that was when I pushed him away.
“I went out to the kitchen and I saw another member of staff, and she could see I was quite flustered and a bit upset, and she asked me if I was okay, and I told her what had happened,” the panel was told.
In oral evidence to the committee Teeluck said this incident did not happen, but it was found proved, and to have amounted to sexual assault, by the panel.
On a second occasion between, Teeluck pulled Colleague A into the medication room and attempted to kiss her, the panel also found proved.
“There was a second occasion when Syam pulled me with force, this time into the medication room,” Colleague A told the panel.
“As I was walking down the corridor near the medication room, Syam caught me off guard, grabbed my arm and pulled me in. He pushed me up against the work tops and was trying to kiss me, exactly like the cold room incident.
“On this occasion, he managed to kiss my cheek before I could get away. Again, I managed to eventually get away and I told him not to do that again. I felt really scared and frightened again when he did it. “
The health worker also told the panel: “There were times when Syam put his hands down my trousers when I was walking in the corridor. This happened on several occasions and each time I told him to stop, but he would still do it again. Always when there was no one around and mostly in the corridor.
“The first time it happened, I had a pair of jeans on that were slightly too big around my waist (we don’t wear uniform on the ward). Syam came up from behind me as I was walking down the corridor and put his hand back then down my trousers and grabbed my bum cheek.
“As soon as he did this, I pulled away forcing his hand out my trousers. I told him not to do it again, but he did. I don’t know how many times it happened as there where many.
“I eventually stopped wearing jeans to work and tried to wear something he couldn’t put his hands down.’
The nurse told the hearing that the matters found proved against him were of a personal nature, and involved only Colleague A. He said his actions did not involve his nursing practice, nor any colleague, patient or third party being placed at a risk of harm.
Teeluck said he had always followed nursing and clinical guidelines to the letter and that when Colleague A made it categorically clear that she wished to have no more contact with him, he respected her decision and had not had contact with her since then.
He told the panel that since the incidents, he had deeply reflected on the situation. Prior to these events, he had worked as a nurse for approximately 25 years with an unblemished record.
The nurse told the panel he ‘misread’ Colleague A’s feelings, that this was a significant error of judgement and he took full responsibility for his actions.
He stated that he saw how his interactions with Colleague A were inappropriate and unprofessional, and sincerely regretted putting colleagues “in an awkward or difficult position” and that he was very sorry.
Whilst his conduct at the time was “ill-advised” he did not believe his interactions with Colleague A impaired his fitness to practise as a nurse. He said he was prepared to work with colleagues to prove he is not a danger to the public or patients and told the panel he was “deeply sorry” to bring the disrespect to the nursing profession .
The panel said it took all this into account, but found the allegations proved too serious to warrant less than striking Teeluck off.
The NMC committee said there were: “Repeated incidents of serious sexual misconduct over a period of time, and this continued, despite being told on numerous occasions it was not reciprocated.”
Teeluck had abused his position of trust and power in targeting a more junior female member of staff. As a registered nurse for over 25 years he should have been well aware that his actions breached professional boundaries, and his behaviour towards Colleague A was unacceptable, the committee said.
It found Teeluck showed “very limited” insight and remorse, or that physical and emotional harm was caused to Colleague A. The panel judged that there was a further risk of indirect harm to vulnerable patients, due to the impact of his actions on Colleague A, and the working environment.
If no appeal is made an interim suspension order will be replaced by the substantive striking-off 28 days after the panel’s decision.
Dyfed Powys Police said there had been an investigation but no criminal charges were brought.
Sharon Daniel, executive director of nursing, quality and patient experience at Hywel Dda University Health Board said: “We take the safety, dignity and wellbeing of all staff extremely seriously. Everyone has the right to work in an environment free from harassment, abuse or inappropriate behaviour.
“While it is not appropriate to comment on individual cases, we recognise the importance of learning from serious concerns when they arise. We continuously review reporting and support arrangements to ensure staff can raise concerns safely and are supported appropriately.”
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