A woman said she felt "dirty" after a doctor forced her to have an internal examination she did not want.

Ms X claimed Dr Faiz Rehman insisted on carrying out the examination six weeks after she gave birth to a son.

She told a GMC hearing Bognor GP Dr Rehman also brought in two women to watch without asking her permission.

Ms X said she had told Dr Rehman, of Marshall Avenue, Bognor, she did not want the examination in January 1998.

She said: "I felt under pressure. I made it clear to him I did not want it. I didn't feel it was necessary and was not ready for it.

"He told me he felt I was wasting his time. He was abrupt and pushy. He insisted that I had an examination. I did say no but I felt intimidated."

She said his behaviour caused her to suffer panic attacks at the thought of seeing a doctor until she went to a woman doctor at Bognor Regis Hospital.

She said: "She described every procedure, what she was doing, why she was doing them. It was at that point I realised what was happening was so wrong."

Another patient told how the GP prodded her breasts during an examination at his Norfolk Square surgery in Bognor.

Ms C said: "We talked about my pregnancy and then he asked me to undress the top half of my clothes.

"He examined both my breasts. There was quite a lot of pushing around.

"I did not feel comfortable because I did not know whether it was right or not."

Timothy Dowle, Dr Rehman's former partner at the surgery, said he walked out of the partnership in August 2000 after 11 years because of Dr Rehman's working methods. - "he was invariably late for surgeries and not just five or ten minutes. It was an hour and even two hours."

The GP flouted surgery policy by not having a chaperone present for intimate examinations.

Dr Rehman denies serious professional misconduct.

The hearing continues.