A Cambridge-trained doctor who used his surgery for illicit sex with a string of women has been struck off the medical register for life.
Self-confessed sex addict Dr Tom Plimmer, 40, who appeared on Channel 4’s First Dates in 2018, used his consulting room at his practice in Swindon, Wiltshire, as a haven for having relationships sexual relations with several women over a period of three years.
He was also caught engaging in a lewd sex act during the operation – and was even accused of sexually harassing a young colleague before telling her to “go to a suicide booth like the one in Futurama.”
Despite the 40-year-old GP admitting he ruined lives by ‘lying and cheating’, he fought to save his career at a hearing of the medical industry watchdog , claiming that he was a reformed figure who had turned to God.
But women he used for sex in his office – sometimes with patients waiting outside to be seen – called his claims of change a “sham”.
Sex addict Dr Tom Plimmer, 40 (pictured), who appeared on Channel 4’s First Dates in 2018, has been removed from the medical register for life.
He used his surgery at Swindon GP to have sex with six women between 2018 and 2021
Despite the 40-year-old GP admitting he ruined lives by ‘lying and cheating’, he fought to save his career at a hearing of the medical industry watchdog , claiming that he was a reformed figure who had turned to God.
Claire Lindley, chair of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service panel, delivered the panel’s decision today.
She said: “Dr Plimmer, we have considered your case carefully and we have listened carefully to the arguments presented on your behalf.
“However, the court has decided that your behavior is fundamentally incompatible with being a doctor and the court has decided to remove your name from the medical register.”
After considering the evidence presented before it over two weeks in September last year, the panel concluded that Dr Plimmer was guilty of seven complaints which he had dismissed.
Plimmer used his Swindon operation to have sex with six women between 2018 and 2021.
He also sent one of the complainants in the case a video showing him having sex with other women and 197 similar photographs.
The court found he sent an unsolicited sexual video to a vulnerable colleague with whom he was in a relationship.
Dr Thomas Plimmer, 40 (photo from September 2023) had sex with six women in his consulting room.
He was also discovered in his office with his pants undone and engaging in a sexual act while on duty during work hours.
The panel found out he had put a co-worker’s hand on his penis and, as things turned sour between them, he suggested she kill herself, saying: ‘On Futurama they have suicide booths’ . Maybe this is what you need, you should go and do it.
It was determined that the doctor was fully aware that the woman, described at the hearing only as Colleague A, was vulnerable.
During her allegations, she claimed that some of the sexual acts the doctor performed on her were not consensual, but those allegations were not proven in Tuesday’s committee decision.
Dr. Plimmer admitted that he used his practice’s office as a convenient location for his sordid sexual encounters.
He admitted that on January 3, 2020, he engaged in a sexual act with one of his girlfriends – Miss B – at his doctor’s office during working hours and had sexual intercourse with her and another , Miss D, at different times in May of the same year. also in his office.
In February 2021, he sent another woman – Miss E – an unsolicited photo of his penis while he was working in her office.
And on March 7, 2021, during a conversation with Miss D, he threatened the life of another woman – Miss F – saying “if that bastard takes me to GMC I will slit his throat”. I know where she lives.
Dr Plimmer told the court he was an untreated drug addict and that was what led to his behaviour.
During her testimony, Colleague A stated: “I did not deny the existence of a sexual dynamic. What I have alleged is that there are other factors which caused me to comply with this provision.
She told how the GP used his position to coerce her into sexual acts and send her explicit photographs.
Colleague A told the court: “I said no to touching and he did it, I said no to penetration and he did it, he put my hand on his penis.
“The suggestion that Dr. Plimmer understands or considers consent? He’s had every opportunity in the world for consensual things, but all he really values is power.
She added: “I was used as an object to keep a sex addict from getting bored.”
During the tribunal, the doctor faced allegations from at least half a dozen women, including a “vulnerable” colleague.
Plimmer received his medical degree from the famous Cambridge University.
The complainant had earlier described how Dr Plimmer had confided to her that he was addicted to sex.
She told the hearing: “He was telling me about his untreated sex addiction. He discussed his sexual addiction and concerns about it, his family, his parenting. These conversations took place.
The court cleared Dr Plimmer of a number of allegations, including abusing his managerial position in his relationship with colleague A, slamming a door on the arm of a colleague, threatening to disclose sensitive information and having taken steps to exercise control over one of the complainants.
Giving evidence at an earlier hearing, the GP told the medical tribunal the way he had treated the women was “disgusting”.
“I betrayed their trust, I disrespected them, I lied and cheated, and there is no excuse,” he said during the hearing. “I feel immense shame for everything I have done.”
Cross-examined by Mark Monaghan, counsel for the General Medical Council, Dr Plimmer admitted he was “guilty of creating much of the mess that we are discussing here”.
But he insisted he did not “enjoy” antagonizing the women or try to “manipulate” them.
Denying using his girlfriends for sex, Dr Plimmer insisted he was looking for ‘companionship’ – but admitted to cheating on them regularly.
Asked by Mr Monaghan if it was “normal” to see three women at once, Dr Plimmer admitted it was “abnormal”.
“It was shameful and regrettable, and it ended up causing a lot of harm to a lot of people, and it’s all my fault,” he said.
Dr Plimmer said the litany of deceptions was a consequence of his admitted sex addiction, saying: “You’ll never see an active addict who isn’t also a liar.” »
The court – which was held via online sessions – had previously heard that Dr Plimmer lied about the illness of members of his family, including his mother, as he tried to ‘juggle’ his string of girlfriends .
He said: “I sincerely apologize to the people I lied to, my mother, my brother, my friends, my colleagues, and of course the unintended consequences this has had on patients and on the ability to take care of them.”
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