A DOCTOR who urinated in a clinical sink while working as a consultant has been struck off the medical register. 

Graham Evangele Eli Michael Holmes worked as a locum consultant in Hampshire, Dorset, Greater Manchester and Wirral from August 2019 until March 2021.

During his time at Gosport War Memorial Hospital, Hampshire, he urinated in a clinical sink on a hospital ward.

A colleague who witnessed the incident said: "As I walked past I paused as I was shocked to see through the window that looks out onto the corridor, blinds fully open, standing very close, side on to the window, by the clinic room sink, fully clothed with his penis in his hand over the sink.

"He had the tap running a cup in his other hand into which he was running water and pouring into the sink. He was not aware of being observed."

Dr Holmes, who is in his 70s, also failed to follow Covid-19 infection control protocols at a Dorset hospital.

While working at Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2020, Dr Holmes failed to wear his face mask in its correct position during the coronavirus pandemic.

While working at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan he continued to work despite showing symptoms for Covid-19 including a "significant cough and high temperature".

A hearing also found he told a woman that she needed a CT scan “to see if she had a brain”, or words to that effect.

It was also found Dr Holmes had deliberately failed to comply with conditions placed on his registration over six weeks while working for the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust between January and March 2021.

The Tribunal noted that in an email, Dr Holmes acknowledged that he had breached conditions.

He wrote, “Just to let you know that I apparently breached the lockdown restrictions from the GMC in that I worked at Arrowpark (sic) hospital in Liverpool for 7 weeks. Could you let me know when my Parole board meeting is, so I can get back to a relatively normal working environment, ie under supervision of my own nanny, in case I make a mess again….”

Dr Holmes continued to work for about six weeks without close supervision and failed to give the requisite notifications to the General Medical Council (GMC), his current employer and others and later lied to a colleague by saying he did not believe the conditions applied to his current post, in an attempt to conceal his breaches.

The regulator said that was deliberate and the "most serious" element of his misconduct.

"Dr Holmes put his own interest in continuing to work as a locum at the Wirral Hospital before those of his patients," said the regulator.

The tribunal determined that an immediate order of suspension was necessary to protect members of the public and to protect confidence in the medical profession.

Dr Holmes has now been officially struck off the medical register.