This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/humber/8225130.stm
The article has changed 2 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Previous version
1
Next version
Version 0 | Version 1 |
---|---|
GP's 'sex with woman in surgery' | GP's 'sex with woman in surgery' |
(about 2 hours later) | |
A GP had sex with a patient in his surgery while her husband sat outside, the General Medical Council (GMC) has been told. | A GP had sex with a patient in his surgery while her husband sat outside, the General Medical Council (GMC) has been told. |
The grandmother, known as Patient A, told the hearing she also had liaisons with Hull GP Dr Michael Rusling at her home during a seven-month affair. | The grandmother, known as Patient A, told the hearing she also had liaisons with Hull GP Dr Michael Rusling at her home during a seven-month affair. |
Dr Rusling, a former GP at Sydenham House Group Practice, denies his fitness to practise is impaired. | |
Patient A said their relationship ended when the GP was suspended from duty. | Patient A said their relationship ended when the GP was suspended from duty. |
The woman told the disciplinary panel she would meet Dr Rusling every Tuesday on her day off from work. | The woman told the disciplinary panel she would meet Dr Rusling every Tuesday on her day off from work. |
Dr Rusling was not happy because he asked who I was talking to. I told him it was my husband and he nearly fell off the couch Patient A | |
The hearing was told she had written in her diary "what a buzz" after having sex with the doctor in his surgery while her husband sat yards away outside the door. | The hearing was told she had written in her diary "what a buzz" after having sex with the doctor in his surgery while her husband sat yards away outside the door. |
The woman said: "The bleeper was not working to call you into the doctor's room so [Dr Rusling] had to come through." | The woman said: "The bleeper was not working to call you into the doctor's room so [Dr Rusling] had to come through." |
She added: "Dr Rusling was not happy because he asked who I was talking to. I told him it was my husband and he nearly fell off the couch." | She added: "Dr Rusling was not happy because he asked who I was talking to. I told him it was my husband and he nearly fell off the couch." |
The woman said in February 2007 Dr Rusling visited her in hospital while his wife was also there recovering from an operation. | The woman said in February 2007 Dr Rusling visited her in hospital while his wife was also there recovering from an operation. |
Woman divorced | |
After the relationship ended, she gave a witness statement to the GMC. | After the relationship ended, she gave a witness statement to the GMC. |
Patient A said she felt pressurised to do this, but also "morally obliged". | Patient A said she felt pressurised to do this, but also "morally obliged". |
"It was the way our relationship started that was wrong," she said. "I felt I had to do it, I did not want to do it." | "It was the way our relationship started that was wrong," she said. "I felt I had to do it, I did not want to do it." |
The woman said her husband was now divorcing her as a consequence of the affair. | The woman said her husband was now divorcing her as a consequence of the affair. |
The hearing was told Dr Rusling left the Sydenham House Group Practice as an employee in March 2007. | |
Allegations that the GP threatened to withhold drugs from a depressed patient, known as Patient B, if she refused to have sex with him, have been dropped. | |
The hearing continues. | The hearing continues. |
Previous version
1
Next version