The tribunal heard Mr Shah steered the woman, referred to as Colleague B, to a coffee room before hugging her and squeezing her buttocks in 2014.

The woman described in evidence as feeling “upset and shocked” by his actions.

In 2019, Mr Shah was found to have inappropriately touched her outside an operating theatre.

She formally complained and later received an apology letter from Mr Shah.

“I got the impression that he knew what he did was wrong, the conversation was very quick,” she said in evidence heard at the tribunal.

Mr Shah was also reported to have used the words “good girl” and “bird” to describe another female colleague and asked staff members to complete his mandatory training for him.

Though not judged to be serious misconduct, the panel said the language used was “unprofessional”, adding the training incident set a “poor example”.

He was suspended for sexual misconduct which “fell far short of the standards of conduct reasonably expected of a doctor,” the tribunal ruled.

It acknowledged that Mr Shah had apologised for his actions, adding the suspension and findings would have a “grave impact impact on his professional reputation”.

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