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GMC examines doctor’s Reform speech linking vaccines to royal family cancer

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GMC examines doctor’s Reform speech linking vaccines to royal family cancer

Medical bodies and prime minister condemn Aseem Malhotra’s ‘pseudo-science’ remarks at party conference

The General Medical Council is examining comments by a controversial doctor who used a speech at Reform UK’s conference to link Covid vaccines to cancer in the royal family, amid mounting condemnation of him by senior medics.

The regulator, which is charged with upholding professional standards in UK medicine, is also progressing with an investigation into Aseem Malhotra, currently an adviser to Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy, over a previous claim. It may consider whether to stop or limit his ability to work as a doctor in the UK in the interests of protecting the public.

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