Transplant surgeon sexually harassed colleagues, tribunal hears

Chloe Hudson, representing the GMC, said on one occasion when Mr Gilbert spoke to the first complainant, Ms A, he is said to have remarked: “You are a well put together girl.

“You must always wear matching underwear, correct? What underwear are you wearing now?”

She added that the surgeon inappropriately touched Ms A without her consent on a number of occasions including pressing his body against hers while assisting in an operation.

Ms Hudson said: “She (Ms A) says she could feel his breath on her neck and he only moved away when she mentioned the name of her partner.”

He was also on another occasion said to have physically traced his finger across her body and then kept it there for several seconds as she “felt paralysed, powerless, humiliated and upset”.

Ms A also spoke of receiving late-night out-of-work phone calls from Mr Gilbert which she “felt compelled to answer”.

Ms Hudson said Mr Gilbert made derogatory comments to Ms A about another surgeon who he said was “terrible”, “just useless” and “never going to get anywhere”.

She said: “These remarks left her no doubt thinking if she didn’t put up with what he was doing then her own career would also suffer.”