A GP and long-standing Labour councillor has been struck off for sexually touching a patient during an examination.
A medical tribunal found that Dr Ibrahim Hayat conducted the “sexually motivated” exam in 2015.
He touched a patient inappropriately and asked her: “Did that excite you ’cause you were ever so very wet wet wet below?”
The panel concluded there was no clinical justification for the “repeated deep digital examination”.
In her statement, the patient said: “I feel like I don’t want to see male doctors. I haven’t since. When I’ve had to go to the doctors I have waited until I could see a lady doctor whereas in the past I wouldn’t have bothered.”
The General Medical Council branded Dr Hayat’s conduct “deplorable”.
Its representative said the patient was vulnerable while having an intimate examination and the doctor “took advantage of her to engage in sexually-motivated behaviour”, then attempted to “blacken her name”.
Dr Hayat says he informed the Labour Party of the allegation against him but was still allowed to run in last year’s council election.
Labour denies any awareness of the sexual misconduct allegations.
After the incident, the doctor was also allowed to continue his role as a locum GP for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board “subject to agreed restrictions”.
Dr Hayat, who was a Newport Labour councillor between 2007 and 2022, described the panel’s findings as “wrong and unfair”.
He stood as a Labour candidate for the Allt-yr-Yn ward and lost in 2022. He said he chose to stand in that ward because “it was a strong Conservative ward where I was unlikely to win”, and he wanted to focus on battling his breast cancer.
He added: “The council knew everything and the party knew everything.”
The Labour Party says it knew Dr Hayat had been suspended by the General Medical Council in 2020 and had been reinstated following an investigation but did not know the nature of the investigation.
The doctor never made a declaration to the party of anything that could “cause himself or party embarrassment”, according to Labour.
Dr Hayat declined to comment specifically on the incident other than to say the tribunal’s findings were an “injustice”.
He added: “I would have liked to have gone back to work but have not worked for some time due to ill health including breast cancer.
“I would dearly love to take this to appeal in the High Court but I don’t have the energy or the resources to take this matter further.
“I need to focus on my health and my loving family. I thank everyone for their support during what has been a long road to try to get justice.”
A spokesman for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said: “As Dr Hayat was a locum GP contracted by the health board we investigated his conduct in line with our governance arrangements as soon as we were made aware of allegations against him and took appropriate action.
“We subsequently liaised with the General Medical Council who looked into this case and allowed Dr Hayat to continue practising subject to agreed restrictions that ensured the safeguarding of his patients.
“The safeguarding of our patients is our highest priority and we take allegations of misconduct extremely seriously.”
