A GP who lied about his drinking groped a nurse's bottom, patted a receptionist on the "backside" and was seen viewing pictures of "scantily clad" women on his computer, a disciplinary hearing was told today.

Dr Ralph Vadas, a GP who worked at the West Canford Heath Medical Centre in Poole, Dorset, left a nurse "stunned" after he grabbed her bottom, the General Medical Council (GMC) was told.

A hearing of the GMC fitness to practise panel in central London was told he also touched her on the hip.

Dr Selva Ramasamy, for the GMC, said: "She recalls that on a later occasion he touched her this time on her hip. On that second occasion she told him not to. She would say that he stepped back and seemed embarrassed, giving a sort of groaning noise. As she recalls it, he did not offer any apology to her."

On another occasion he patted a receptionist at the surgery on her "backside", the GMC was told. "She said to him don't do that, he apologised," Dr Ramasamy said.

"She also recalls an occasion when she saw Dr Vadas view what would appear to be pornographic images. She described them as scantily clad, large women on the computer at the surgery.

"She also recalls again how she came across printed images of women lying about the floor of his room at the surgery."

The GMC heard that Dr Vadas was told by another receptionist at the surgery "don't be so bloody stupid" after he told her: "I think I am falling in love with you."

He responded by putting his hand up her jumper saying beforehand "if you don't feel the same way, is it alright, can I have a feel?", Dr Ramasamy told the panel.

She pushed him away, Dr Ramasamy told the panel. "The chair was on wheels, she shot back in the opposite direction, he said 'I am sorry, I

am sorry' and walked away," he said.

The receptionist recalled that she was "sure" that Dr Vadas was "under the influence of something", as his speech was slurred and he had the "demeanour" of a drunk, the GMC was told.

The receptionist also recalled going into Dr Vadas' room and seeing a picture of a "very large lady playing with herself" on his computer screen.

The GP had "realised and immediately switched it off," the GMC was told.

On two other separate occasions, computer experts working on unrelated projects at the surgery had discovered pornographic images on his computer, the panel was told.

One had found images of "large naked ladies" on the computer in Dr Vadas' room and another, an IT consultant had been "shocked" to find open web pages of pornographic images when he was asked to set up a new programme on Dr Vadas' computer.

He had switched the computer off at the power point in order to shut the pages down as fast as possible, the GMC was told.

The GP has admitted viewing pornographic images on computer equipment at his surgery between 2004 and 2008.

He has also admitted touching the buttocks of two female colleagues and putting his hand up another staff member's jumper without their consent.

He has also admitted having a webcam in his consultation room at the surgery which pointed towards the area where patients would sit, but has denied there was anything inappropriate about it.

He has further admitted to having been drunk during practice hours at the surgery on occasions in 2007.

The hearing was told that he had agreed with the GMC in 2006 to abstain "completely" from drinking and have a medical supervisor provide reports on his progress.

Dr Vadas admitted that he "misled" his supervisor as to his consumption of alcohol between February and October 2007.

Dr Vadas has denied an allegation that he masturbated in the kitchen of the surgery in 2008.

He also faces allegations relating to his treatment of eight patients between 1995 and 2008.

Two of these patients were a married couple named only as Mr and Mrs A.

Mrs A reported that there had been an occasion when Dr Vadas had appeared to be drunk, Dr Ramasamy told the panel. She and her husband had seen him carrying cans of lager to the practice in July 2007 and she recalled that from time to time he smelled of "mouthwash" which caused her to be suspicious, the hearing was told.