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| Sex pest male nurse is struck off | |
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| A male nurse at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has been struck off the medical register for inappropriate behaviour. | A male nurse at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald has been struck off the medical register for inappropriate behaviour. |
| Jonathan Gourley, 32, a nurse in an orthopaedic ward, made suggestive comments to female members of staff and touched them inappropriately. | Jonathan Gourley, 32, a nurse in an orthopaedic ward, made suggestive comments to female members of staff and touched them inappropriately. |
| A professional conduct panel was told he had "exploited" his position to humiliate and degrade colleagues. | A professional conduct panel was told he had "exploited" his position to humiliate and degrade colleagues. |
| Mr Gourley, who did not appear at the hearing, has 28 days to appeal. | Mr Gourley, who did not appear at the hearing, has 28 days to appeal. |
| A panel from the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard Mr Gourley faced a string of allegations made by nurses, students and a nursing auxiliary. | |
| A prosecution lawyer said that Mr Gourley, who is from Newtownards, used the guise of teaching female anatomy to touch female students inappropriately. | |
| Trust investigation | |
| She said he had been promoted to a senior position within the ward but had used his position in a "calculated and deliberate" way. | She said he had been promoted to a senior position within the ward but had used his position in a "calculated and deliberate" way. |
| BBC Northern Ireland's health correspondent Dot Kirby said: "A lot of the incidents took place behind curtains or in rooms where he took people. | |
| "He would use the guise of teaching anatomy to touch people inappropriately. | |
| "All witnesses described him as a touchy feely kind of person, as the kind of person who had a reputation of being overfriendly." | |
| The trust carried out its own investigation after the allegations were made, and Mr Gourley was sacked. | |
| He has subsequently worked as a taxi driver. |