GP 'had sex with patient at flat'

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A GP had sex with a patient in her flat days after meeting her in a nightclub, a medical tribunal has been told.

He also had a child with another patient, and asked her not to name him as the father, it was alleged.

Oladapo Idowu is accused of dishonest, inappropriate behaviour and abusing his position. He denies misconduct.

The GP, of St David's Clinic, Newport, was not at the General Medical Council tribunal in Manchester, which was told he was on holiday in Nigeria.

Dr Idowu, who is known as David, met the woman at a Newport club, swapped numbers with her and days later went to her flat, the fitness to practise panel was told.

I asked him where he worked and he told me the surgery. I told him I was a patient at that surgery and we should not be speaking Ms B, patient

The panel heard he had met the woman, known as Ms B, towards the end of 2004 on a Friday night in Newport's Revolution bar.

Ms B, who gave evidence via video link from Cardiff, said he stopped her from leaving the club, and they had sat on settees talking for a while.

She said: "He told me he was a doctor.

"I asked him where he worked and he told me the surgery. I told him I was a patient at that surgery and we should not be speaking.

"He laughed and carried on talking."

Dr Idowu gave her a lift home, and after swapping numbers they agreed to meet the following Sunday, when the doctor had gone to Miss B's flat.

She said: "We talked for a number of hours in the living room, then we started to kiss, went into the bedroom and we basically had sexual intercourse."

'Relationship'

Ms B said the doctor had wanted unprotected sex, as sex with a condom was "not the same", but she had insisted on using the contraception.

She said she asked him what kind of relationship he was offering, and he had said he was a "busy man", who would be able to see her only once or twice a week.

"I was not happy about that. I did not want a relationship just for sex, which I felt he was offering, so I didn't take him up on his offer," she said.

But the hearing was told Dr Idowu had turned up "out of the blue" at her flat, which had upset her.

Ms B then decided to make a complaint about the doctor, who then allegedly got two other people to try to persuade her not to.

Out-of-hours

The hearing was told that before Dr Idowu had met Ms B he had already fathered a child with another patient, Ms A.

When Ms A had had the baby, Dr Idowu had told her not to name him as the baby's father, the hearing was told.

The doctor was suspended in July 2005 and was told he could not work while an investigation was carried out.

But the tribunal heard he had taken another job with an independent out-of-hours medical service, while suspended.

Dr Idowu, who qualified from the University of Ibadan in 1986, later claimed he had thought he was only suspended from working in the former county of Gwent.

The hearing continues.