The doctor who first suggested a link between MMR vaccinations and autism is to find out whether he will be punished by the medical regulator. The General Medical Council is due to decide if Dr Andrew Wakefield is guilty of serious professional misconduct. If found guilty, the regulator...

Paediatrician Dr David Southall is back on the medical register after winning an appeal over a long-running dispute with the General Medical Council. The Appeal Court’s decision means he is able to practice medicine again. The GMC panel took action to strike Southall off the register...

A doctor who prescribed "potentially hazardous" levels of drugs to elderly patients who later died has escaped being struck off. Dr Jane Barton will be allowed to continue working under certain conditions despite being found guilty of serious professional misconduct. She was...