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MMR doctor goes before GMC

A doctor who faces being struck off for making a link between the triple MMR jab, bowel disease and autism is appearing at the General Medical Council.Dr Andrew Wakefield arrived at the GMC in central London to hear disciplinary charges against him.The GMC will hear allegations that Dr Wakefield and Professors John Walker-Smith and Simon Murch failed in their duty to act in the best interests of children.The trio published a paper in The Lancet medical journal in February 1998 suggesting that if the MMR jabs were not given separately it could lead to the onset of autism.At the time it lead to a drop in the number of MMR jabs and when the NHS refused to give the jabs separately some parents had the injections administered through a private doctor.The accusations relate to investigations for the study on 12 youngsters with bowel disorders carried out between 1996 and 1998.At the time, all three doctors were employed at the Royal Free Hospital's medical school in London, with honorary clinical contracts at the Royal Free Hospital.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

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