Doctor’s ‘dangerous’ vaccine claims at Reform UK conference to be examined by GMC

Aseem Malhotra was criticised by Starmer at PMQs after linking king’s cancer to Covid vaccine at party conference

Comments by a controversial doctor who used a speech at Reform UK’s conference to link Covid vaccines to cancer in the royal family are being examined by the General Medical Council (GMC) 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 interest of protecting the public.