A former Harley Street psychiatrist who was struck off for sleeping with his patients has continued to make "ill-advised" home visits, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service report has revealed.

Dr Theodore Soutzos was deemed unfit to practice and removed from the General Medical Council (GMC) register in 2010 after he "groomed" three patients into sexual relationships between 1999 and 2006.

It was proven to a tribunal at the time that the 51-year-old from Ealing told one victim, a 37-year-old woman known as Patient A, to stay silent or "his mother would die" and his career ruined.

Patient A, a talented" former illustrator, had been referred to Soutzos at a psychiatric ward in Guy's Hospital in January 1999 after she was nearly killed by her violent ex-husband. The panel was told Soutzos drove her to his flat where they had sex, before driving her back to the ward.

After the incident Patient A threw herself in the Thames, jumped in front of a police car and took five overdoses in 18 days. Soutzos was finally found out after she made a report to police in 2005 and his behaviour was referred to the medical council.

The tribunal heard that Soutzos also had inappropriate relationships with two patients aged 18 and 22. In each case he was said to "elicit personal information" from the young women, shower them with compliments and take them on trips to art galleries.

He took the 22-year-old patient, who suffered bulimia, on a holiday to Greece.

But the former psychiatrist, who shared up to £450 a session and also worked at The Priory in Roehampton, has now attempted for the fourth time in six years to be reinstated to the GMC's register.

advertisement

He admitted at a tribunal last month he was "disgusted with his behaviour" and that he fully accepted his actions toward the three women he groomed had been predatory and manipulative.

The tribunal report said: "He agreed that trust in patient care was core and that he had destroyed patient trust."

It also indicated that Soutzos had been evasive at earlier hearings and at times "blatantly" lied while giving evidence.

Struck off doctors can be reinstated to the GMC's register if they are able to convince a panel they have gained insight into their failings and can prove they no longer pose a risk to patients.

Soutzos was once again rejected by the GMC last month.