Doctor admits inappropriately messaging teenage patient he met at a children’s hospital

Dr Cian Hughes first met Patient A when he was a medical student at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children - (PA)

A doctor has admitted inappropriately messaging a vulnerable teen he met in a hospital, and with whom he later went on to have a sexual relationship.

Dr Cian Hughes, who lists himself as research scientist at Google on LinkedIn, began privately messaging the 13-year-old while she was a patient at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Dr Hughes, who was a 23-year-old medical student at the time, had been present during surgery on the young patient and later approached her about a research project, a tribunal heard.