By Catherine Frompovich The General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom has cleared the medical flack surrounding one of Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s medical colleagues, Professor John Walker-Smith, and recanted their censure against him. In a press release dated March 7, 2012, GMC cleared Walker-Smith by overturning its decision of “guilty of serious professional misconduct.” […]
MMR doctor wins battle against being struck off
By Donna Bowater, The Telegraph Professor John Walker-Smith, who carried out research into the MMR vaccine with Dr Andrew Wakefield, has won a court battle against being struck off the medical register. A High Court judge quashed the finding of professional misconduct against Professor Walker-Smith, who had carried out some of the tests for the […]
MMR row doctor decision ‘fair’
By Press Association Professor John Walker-Smith has taken his case against the General Medical Council to the High Court The decision to strike off an eminent doctor over the MMR jab controversy has been defended at the High Court as “just and fair – not wrong”. The General Medical Council (GMC) admitted to a judge that […]