A GP has been struck off the medical register after a tribunal found he conducted a sexually motivated intimate examination on a patient. Dr Ibrahim Hayat, a former Labour councillor in Newport, was found to have touched a patient inappropriately during a 2015 consultation and asked her: 'Did that excite you 'cause you were ever so very wet wet wet below?'
The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service concluded there was no clinical reason for the 'repeated deep digital examination'. The General Medical Council branded his conduct 'deplorable', stating he took advantage of a vulnerable patient and later attempted to 'blacken her name'.
Dr Hayat, who represented the Pill ward as a Labour councillor from 2007 to 2022, claimed he informed the party of the allegation but was still allowed to stand in last year's council elections. Welsh Labour denies any knowledge of a sexual misconduct allegation, stating it was only aware of a General Medical Council suspension that was later lifted.
The tribunal heard Dr Hayat had been working as a locum GP for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board under restrictions, and no issues had been raised at his current practice since October 2021. However, the panel found a risk of behaviour repeating and ordered his name erased from the register to protect patients.
Dr Hayat described the findings as 'wrong and unfair' and an 'injustice', but said he lacks the energy and resources to appeal due to ill health, including breast cancer. The patient said the incident left her reluctant to see male doctors.
