He then found and messaged her on Facebook to ask if her arm was sore, before visiting her rural address the following day with a bottle of Kombucha tea as a gift when there was “no clinical justification” for him to do so, according to a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) tribunal panel.

Computer logs showed Mr Blanch had used a national vaccination database system to view the woman’s record, which included her address, on three separate occasions after she had received her injection and left the centre.

The panel found Mr Blanch’s behaviour had breached professional boundaries and amounted to conduct done in the pursuit of a future sexual relationship.

The physiotherapist had started working as a vaccinator on Fridays in the Macduff Vaccination Centre in Aberdeen shire from

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