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. <\/p>\n
This incident, the tribunal’s report said, was reported to the police but no charges were brought.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Sometime between March and September 2020 he made a sexual comment about another colleague, referred to as Colleague B.<\/p>\n
In a written ruling published online, the HCPTS said despite Mr Turner’s denials, it was satisfied the allegations were true. <\/p>\n
“It [the tribunal] accepted that the events had occurred as described by Colleague A,” the ruling reads.<\/p>\n
“It follows from this that the Panel rejected the evidence of [Mr Turner] where it conflicted with it.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said they did receive an allegation of sexual assault at Southmead Hospital, related to 21 December 2020.<\/p>\n
“The incident was investigated but there was insufficient evidence to proceed and no proportionate further lines of enquiry,” they said.<\/p>\n
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