{"id":2681,"date":"2023-06-04T00:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T00:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/2023\/06\/04\/medics-set-to-sue-general-medical-council-for-failing-to-clamp-down-on-conspiracy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T00:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T00:37:14","slug":"medics-set-to-sue-general-medical-council-for-failing-to-clamp-down-on-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/medics-set-to-sue-general-medical-council-for-failing-to-clamp-down-on-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Medics set to sue General Medical Council for failing to clamp down on conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"89.294989106754\">\n<h2>Row at the General Medical Council as doctors accuse the regulators of failing to tackle medics who spread Covid vaccine conspiracies<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Doctors have accused the GMC failing at its role as the standards regulator\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">It is supposed to police doctors and ensure standards to protect the public\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Pat+Hagan\" class=\"author\" rel=\"noopener\">Pat Hagan<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span> <time datetime=\"2023-06-03T22:58:19+0100\"> 17:58 EDT, 3 June 2023 <\/time> <\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/para_top.html --> <!-- CWV --><!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-async-bundle\/6.52.3\/articleDefer.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"screen\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/registration--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if IE]>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/1.17.0\/all1-ie8-9--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/>\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]><!--> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-sync-bundle\/8.32.0\/desktop.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/><link href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/gunther\/17.16.0\/all1--.css\" media=\"all\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" \/> <!--<![endif]--><!--[if gte IE 8]><!--> <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"screen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/static\/mol-fe\/static\/mol-fe-fff\/2.4.1\/styles\/fff.css\" \/> <!--<![endif]-->  <!--[if IE 8]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE 9]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if IE]>\n\n<![endif]--> <!--[if !IE]> -->  <!--<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>   <!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.20.3.\n    Copyright 1997-2009 Omniture, Inc. 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Dr David Nicholl, one of the six and a consultant neurologist in Birmingham, said: &#8216;I am so angry that the GMC is doing nothing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-85ae1a8af1e33fb1\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/03\/22\/71735419-0-image-a-75_1685827842038.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Angry doctors have accused the General Medical Council of negligence for failing to crack down on medics who spread false information about Covid-19 jabs, picture posed by model\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-85ae1a8af1e33fb1\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/03\/22\/71735419-0-image-a-75_1685827842038.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Angry doctors have accused the General Medical Council of negligence for failing to crack down on medics who spread false information about Covid-19 jabs, picture posed by model\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Angry doctors have accused the General Medical Council of negligence for failing to crack down on medics who spread false information about Covid-19 jabs, picture posed by model<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-639b92276f05f38b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/03\/22\/71735453-0-image-a-76_1685827892972.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The medics are crowdfunding to take a case against medics promoting conspiracy theories\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" \/> <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-639b92276f05f38b\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/06\/03\/22\/71735453-0-image-a-76_1685827892972.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The medics are crowdfunding to take a case against medics promoting conspiracy theories\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The medics are crowdfunding to take a case against medics promoting conspiracy theories<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s in direct contravention of what it should stand for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m a passionate believer in free speech, but with it comes responsibility. The question here is should doctors be free to publicly say what they want, whatever the consequences?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A small number of high-profile British medics have used their social media status to repeatedly spread vaccine misinformation, the doctors allege. This includes heavily disputed claims on Twitter and in TV interviews that some or all Covid vaccines are ineffective and cause widespread serious heart problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a statement last week the group said some of the anti-vax messages implied &#8216;particular deaths are due to the vaccines, when there is no evidence to support that link&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It added: &#8216;We don&#8217;t mean pointing out that vaccines occasionally cause harm. We mean wilfully and repeatedly misrepresenting the evidence on vaccines in a way that significantly over-emphasises their harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The GMC has a statutory remit to investigate doctors who&#8230; behave in a way that brings the profession into disrepute.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The group said the failure to act is in direct contrast to the recent expulsion by the Conservative Party of North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen for making &#8216;false and misleading&#8217; anti-vaccine statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Watchdog Ofcom ruled last month that GB News was at fault for allowing a doctor to liken the vaccine roll-out to &#8216;mass murder&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The six doctors&#8217; statement added: &#8216;Surely the GMC should also be investigating doctors who make statements that are scientifically incorrect and misleading?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trisha Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Healthcare at Oxford University, expressed her support for the action on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: &#8216;I agree that the GMC should not routinely wash its hands of such cases.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a statement to The Mail on Sunday, the GMC said: &#8216;We take action where there is evidence of a risk to patients or public confidence or a serious breach of proper professional standards or conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We don&#8217;t take this responsibility lightly and realise that our decisions can sometimes be disappointing for complainants.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <!-- ad: https:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v8\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article: <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"smart_feed\"><\/ad-slot><\/p>\n<p>            <ad-slot position=\"after_article\"><\/ad-slot><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12156293\/Medics-set-sue-General-Medical-Council-failing-clamp-conspiracy-theorists.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Row at the General Medical Council as doctors accuse the regulators of failing to tackle medics who spread Covid vaccine conspiracies Doctors have accused the GMC failing at its role as the standards regulator\u00a0 It is supposed to police doctors and ensure standards to protect the public\u00a0\u00a0 By Pat Hagan Updated: 17:58 EDT, 3 June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5440,5441,3087,1191,23,2721,4204,1469,4007,5439,483,3421],"acf":{"source_article":"","image_credit":""},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnews.top\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}