Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Suspension of breast groping psychiatrist continues

Another report of a psychiatrist who can't keep his hands to himself

A psychiatrist who groped a nurse's breasts and bottom after a hospital Christmas party has been suspended for another year to protect the public.

Dr Idowu Otote, of Rutland Road, Southall, was banned for 12 months after he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct in 2003 for his shameful festive frolics at the Torbay Hospital in Devon.

The GMC heard that Otote, 41, attacked the shocked nurse yards from her boyfriend's door as she walked home on her own after the Torbay Hospital party on December 18, 1999.
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He was later found guilty of groping the nurse's breasts and of inappropriate behaviour towards two other nurses.

Otote even told one she would be sacked if she did not escort him to the hospital party.

He was allowed to work again providing he kept to certain conditions after he promised the GMC he had taken steps to improve his skills.

In October last year he was told he could still work provided he stayed within the NHS, practiced under a consultant and avoided private locum work.

The GMC decided Otote should be suspended for another year after ruling he had failed to keep his skills up to date and had "no insight" into his conduct.

Chairman Dr Kevin Dalton said: "The panel has noted with concern Dr Otote's own evidence which demonstrated his refusal to accept that his clinical skills will have deteriorated as he has been out of clinical practice for several years.

"The panel takes the view that Dr Otote has not demonstrated that he has kept his medical knowledge and skills up to date and adequate for safe clinical practice."

Last September the doctor refused to have his practice assessed by the GMC because it was "unlawful".

He trained as a medical officer in Nigeria before moving to Scotland in 1997, starting as a senior house officer in Lanarkshire before working at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington.

Otote will have to return to the GMC in a year with proof he has maintained his skills before the panel will decide if he is fit to return to practice.

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