A doctor who performed unnecessary hysterectomies on two women for “research” has had his contract at St George’s Hospital terminated.

Gynaecologist Martin Quinn was found guilty by the General Medical Council (GMC) of misconduct after two of his patients at Hope Hospital in Manchester, where he worked for five years, were left infertile because of his advice.

He was sacked from his £80,000 a year consultant job in May last year, but had been working at St George’s since June.

The GMC found Quinn failed to act in the best interests of a 32-year-old mother, who hoped to have more children but was advised by him to have her womb removed.

He should also not have carried out a hysterectomy on another young woman to stop her bleeding after an emergency Caesarean.

Neither woman will be able to have children in the future.

Quinn, who has been a doctor for 25 years, denied a number of charges of misconduct, and that the operations were for research into uterus pain.

The panel at a hearing last week decided instead to suspend him for six months.

A spokeswoman for St George’s said: “Martin Quinn has been working at St George’s as an unpaid honorary clinical fellow since June 2008. In this role he has been supervised by a consultant at all times when in contact with patients.

“In light of the GMC’s decision last week to suspend his registration for six months Mr Quinn’s appointment here has been terminated.”