An NHS doctor suspended after a patient accused him of squeezing her nipple.

 An NHS doctor has been suspended after a patient accused him of squeezing her nipple and asking for her phone number during an intimate medical examination.

A misconduct panel was reportedly told that Dr. Abul Murshid, 50, fondled the woman's left breast without explanation after she attended Guy's Urgent Care Centre in Central London complaining of chest pains.

Murshid also exchanged numbers with the woman before sending her a WhatsApp message after the examination saying: 'Hi. One small reminder please Keep a record of all symps.'

He was later reported to the General Medical Council after the woman spoke to her mother about the encounter.

She said she had felt 'uncomfortable' during the examination and claimed the doctor had 'insisted' on swapping phone numbers with her and informed her of the days when he would be working.

At the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service, Murshid, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was found guilty of various misconduct charges but was cleared of sexually motivated behaviour.

He was suspended from practise for eight months.

The Manchester hearing was told the incident occurred in 2019 after Dr. Murshid who had worked as a Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a number of London hospitals between 2008 and 2012 began working at Guys in the Urgent Care Centre.

In a statement, the female patient said: 'Dr. Murshid asked me to expose my chest area so that he could carry out an examination.

'I remember quite clearly that he did not offer me a chaperone which I would have expected considering this was an examination of a private part of the body.

'I was wearing a sports top at the time so I pulled this above my breasts to expose them so that Dr. Murshid could examine my chest.'

She added: 'He was poking around my chest and asking me to cough to try and localise the pain which seemed perfectly normal until out of nowhere he squeezed my nipple which was so uncomfortable.'