By Midwife who took C-section photos and bullied staff struck off
A senior midwife who was found to have bullied colleagues and taken photos of two women without their consent during Caesarean sections has been struck off.
Paul Johnson, 56, worked at Hull Royal Infirmary’s Women and Children’s Hospital before being suspended in late 2020.
A total of 29 charges were proven at a Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct hearing and he was found to have committed serious misconduct.
The panel heard women “must be able to trust midwives with their lives”.
Multiple charges of behaving in an “intimidating, bullying or unsupportive manner” towards colleagues were also found proven by the hearing.
It was previously heard that Mr Johnson took the photos of the women having C-sections at the hospital and sent them to a colleague with whom he was in a relationship.
The colleague was also sent a video of him performing a sex act in a hospital toilet while on duty.
Mr Johnson gained the ward nickname of the “Scarlet Pimpernel” due to repeated instances of him disappearing while on shift.
Derek McFaul, NMC panel chair, told the hearing that “midwives must be honest, open and act with integrity”.
“The panel considered that a member of the public would be shocked to hear of an experienced midwife, in a managerial position, having demonstrated such a prolonged period of serious misconduct of the kind identified,” he said.
Appearing at the hearing on Thursday, Mr Johnson said: “I’m genuinely remorseful for the things I did.”
He told the hearing: “I’m able to look now and see the impact some of my behaviour has had on people who surrounded me and I am sorry for the experience they had and I’m sorry for the fact they had to experience it.”
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