Niall Dickson, the chief executive of the
General Medical Council, said it was the biggest change to the way fitness to practise hearings were handled for more than 150 years.
UNREPENTANT: MMR research doctor Andrew Wakefield (centre) with wife Carmen as he makes a statement at the
General Medical Council headquarters in London
This week the
General Medical Council are reviewing his case in Manchester.
The second year medical student at the Peninsula College in Plymouth, intends to take the
General Medical Council to a tribunal.
Investigations by the
General Medical Council found a list of serious problems with his work.
physicians as expert witnesses are not immune from disciplinary action by the
General Medical Council.
Dr Reid urged the
General Medical Council to mount an investigation "as a matter of urgency" after the medical journal The Lancet admitted that the report should never have been published.
He told the
General Medical Council's professional conduct committee: "I had no control over my wife.
It urged the
General Medical Council, which commissioned the study, to set pass marks "considerably higher" for entry exams taken by international doctors.
The
General Medical Council even had the chance to revoke his licence in the UK in 2004 after finding him guilty of misconduct for concealing his disciplinary record.