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Fifty Doctors Back Dr. Aseem Malhotra as the Good Law Project Takes the GMC to Court for Refusing to Strike Him Off Over Covid Vaccine Concerns

by Will Jones
16 October 2023 5:18 PM

Fifty doctors have voiced their support for Dr. Aseem Malhotra as the Good Law Project takes the General Medical Council to court over its decision not to deem him unfit to practise medicine after he spoke out about his concerns with the COVID-19 vaccines.

In a statement organised by the campaign groups Doctors for Patients U.K., U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance and HART and co-signed by fifty U.K. medics, the doctors say it is “deeply unsettling that the [Good Law Project], an entity funded primarily by the public, would turn its legal machinery toward silencing an ethical doctor”.

“By contesting the GMC’s decision to support Dr. Malhotra’s right to free speech and not to carry out a formal [Fitness to Practice] investigation (on the grounds that his statements were not sufficiently egregious to merit action), the legal action supported by the GLP risks undermining the resolve of medical professionals to speak candidly on serious health issues, a move that would have profound consequences for patient safety and the ethical practice of medicine,” they add.

The organisers say have drafted the statement “to demonstrate that there is a significant body of doctors in support of Dr. Malhotra, who are strongly opposed to and concerned about this case and its ramifications for the medical profession as a whole”.

The full statement is reproduced below.


Statement of Support for Dr. Aseem Malhotra – challenging the Good Law Project attempt to pressure the GMC to censure him for raising patient safety concerns

We, the undersigned doctors, and the campaign groups Doctors for Patients U.K., U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance and HART, wish to publicly state our support for Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a well-published academic and cardiologist who has been a popular commentator on medical and public health matters in the U.K. media for many years. We condemn the actions of a group of (mostly anonymous) doctors, supported by the Good Law Project (GLP), in seeking to silence and punish Dr. Malhotra for speaking out about his concerns about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. This is a serious and chilling attack on the freedom of speech of a senior doctor.

Dr. Malhotra is the son of the late BMA stalwart and NHS campaigner Dr. Kailash Chand. Following the unexpected death of his father from previously undetectable heart disease, Dr. Malhotra made public statements highlighting his concerns that his father’s COVID-19 vaccinations were a causal factor in his death.   

Despite initially endorsing and promoting the COVID-19 vaccines on ITV’s Good Morning Britain on February 5th 2021, he is now calling for an immediate suspension of the novel mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and a full investigation into their adverse effects, for reasons detailed in the two-part, peer-reviewed paper he wrote, published in September 2022 in the Journal of Insulin Resistance. This is entirely in line with his duty as a responsible doctor to protect the British public from the harm which he believes his family has suffered and to uphold the fundamental principle of medical ethics to ‘first do no harm‘.

Dr. Malhotra presented his concerns to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Vaccine Damage, on October 20th 2022 at Portcullis House, Westminster. His impassioned call to prioritise patient safety resulted in a group of anonymous doctors reporting him to the General Medical Council (GMC) for “high-profile promotion of misinformation about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines”, demanding it investigates his fitness to practise. When the GMC refused to carry out a Fitness to Practise (FtP) investigation, Dr. Matt Kneale, a junior doctor in the group, instructed the Good Law Project (GLP) to begin crowdfunding for a legal action against the GMC’s decision and launched a judicial review against the GMC in the High Court. 

Dr. Malhotra is a senior cardiologist, a well-established commentator and campaigner on public health issues and a long-standing advocate for patient safety. His previous campaigns have raised awareness about heart disease, obesity, the harms of sugar and corruption within the pharmaceutical industry. As an ambassador for the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, he was the lead author in a joint initiative with the BMJ to tackle the harms of overprescribing and unnecessary medical interventions. It is a mark of Dr. Malhotra’s high regard for medical ethics that he felt compelled to speak publicly about his new and growing concerns of a link between COVID-19 vaccines and heart damage, despite initially endorsing the mRNA jabs.

It is deeply unsettling that the GLP, an entity funded primarily by the public, would turn its legal machinery toward silencing an ethical doctor. This is especially troubling given the organisation’s stated commitment to transparency and a better world. Rather than exerting legal force to silence professionals, should it not focus instead on compelling the full release of the COVID-19 vaccine trial data? The absence of such vital information from public and medical scrutiny is not just a lapse; it’s a serious breach of trust and a blow to patient safety.

By contesting the GMC’s decision to support Dr. Malhotra’s right to free speech and not to carry out a formal FtP investigation (on the grounds that his statements were not sufficiently egregious to merit action), the legal action supported by the GLP risks undermining the resolve of medical professionals to speak candidly on serious health issues, a move that would have profound consequences for patient safety and the ethical practice of medicine.

The GLP challenge against the GMC decision is misconceived, misguided and threatens doctors’ individual right to free speech and proper scientific debate on matters relating to protecting the public from dangerous products. It is deeply regrettable in a democratic society that instead of being applauded for his courage in raising the alarm, Dr. Malhotra is being persecuted in this way.

Thousands of doctors worldwide and in the United Kingdom share Dr. Malhotra’s reasonable concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccine safety. Many have spoken out on this issue, including the eminent U.S. cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, who called for an immediate withdrawal of these products in a speech made in the EU Parliament on September 13th 2023. The undersigned doctors and organisations are aware of multiple harms associated with the COVID-19 vaccines; among these medics are frontline doctors who have reported vaccine-associated injuries and deaths in their own patients.

Dr. Ayiesha Malik MBChB, MRCGP (2014) – Director, Doctors for Patients U.K.

Dr. Clare Craig BM BCh, FRCPath – Co-Chair, HART

Dr. Elizabeth Evans MA, MBBS, DRCOG – CEO, U.K. Medical Freedom Alliance

Co-signatories

Lord Moonie, MBChB, MRCPsych, MFCM, MSc, House of Lords, former Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State 2001-2003, former Consultant in Public Health Medicine 

Professor Angus Dalgleish, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FRCPath, FMedSci, Professor of Oncology, University of London; Principal, Institute for Cancer Vaccines & Immunotherapy

Professor John A Fairclough, BM BS, BMed Sci, FRCS, FFSEM(UK), Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr Ali Ajaz, MBBS, BSc, MRCPsych, PGCert, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist

Dr Victoria Anderson, MBChB, MRCGP (2016), MRCPCH (2013), DRCOG, General Practitioner 

Dr Lucy Apps, MBBS, MRCGP, General Practitioner

Dr Michael Bazlinton, MBChB, MRCGP, DCH, General Practitioner

Dr Mark A Bell, MBChB, MRCP(UK), FRCEM, Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Dr Gill Breese, BSc, MBChB, DTM&H, DFFP, General Practitioner 

Dr Emma Brierly, MBBS, MRCGP, General Practitioner

Dr Rachel Brown, MBChB, LLM, CFMP, MRCPsych

Mr John Bunni, MBChB (Hons), Dip Lap Surg, FRCS [ASGBI Medal], Consultant Colorectal and        General Surgeon

Dr Selena Chester, MBBS, Medical Practitioner

Dr David Cartland, MBChB, BMedSci, General Practitioner 

Mr Ian F Comaish, MA, BM BCh, FRCOphth, FRANZCO, Consultant Ophthalmologist

Dr Phuoc-Tan Diep, MBChB FRCPath. Consultant Histopathologist

Dr Jonathan Eastwood, BSc, MBChB, MRCGP, General Practitioner 

Dr Jonathan Engler, MBChB, LLB

Dr Bob Gill, MBChB, MRCGP, General Practitioner

Dr Catherine Hatton, MBChB, General Practitioner 

Dr Tony Hinton, MBChB, FRCS, Consultant Surgeon

Dr Rosamond Jones, MBBS, MD, FRCPCH, retired Consultant Paediatrician

Dr Tim Kelly, MBBCh, BSc, Hospital Doctor

Dr Caroline Lapworth, MBChB, General Practitioner 

Dr Theresa Lawrie, MBBCh, PhD, Director, Evidence-Based Medicine Consultancy Ltd, Bath

Dr Andrew Lees, MB BS, MRCGP, DCH, retired General Practitioner 

Mr Malcolm Loudon, MB ChB, MD, FRCSEd, FRCS (Gen Surg). MIHM, VR, Consultant Surgeon

Dr Imran Malik, MBBS, MRCP (2006), MRCGP (2007), General Practitioner

Dr Fiona Martindale, MBChB, MRCGP, General Practitioner 

Dr Janet Menage, MA, MBChB, retired General Practitioner

Dr Alan Mordue, MBChB, FFPH, retired Consultant in Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology 

Dr Campbell Murdoch, MBChb, General Practitioner and PCN Clinical Director, Somerset

Dr Greta Mushet, MBChB, MRCPsych, retired Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy

Dr Angela Musso, MD, MRCGP, DRCOG, FRACGP, MFPC, General Practitioner

Dr Sam McBride, BSc (Hons) Medical Microbiology & Immunobiology, MBBCh BAO, MSc in Clinical Gerontology, MRCP(UK), FRCEM, FRCP(Edinburgh), NHS Emergency Medicine & geriatrics

Mr Ian McDermott, MBBS, MS, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Dr Geoffrey Maidment, MBBS, FRCP, retired Consultant Physician

Dr Fairoz Miller, BSc, MBBCh, MRCP (1999), MRCGP (2016), General Practitioner

Dr Alistair J Montgomery, MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG, retired General Practitioner

Dr Sarah Myhill, MBBS, Dip NM, retired GP, Independent Naturopathic Physician, UKMFA Director of Medical Ethics

Dr Dean Patterson, Consultant Cardiologist and General Physician, MBChB, FRCP

Dr Jessica Robinson, Bsc (Hons), MBBS, MRCPsych, MFHom

Dr Susannah Robinson, MBBS BSc MRCP MRCGP General Practitioner 

Dr Jon Rogers, MB ChB (Bristol), MRCGP (1981), DRCOG (1980), retired General Practitioner

Mr T. James Royle, MBChB, FRCS, MMedEd, Colorectal and General Surgeon 

Dr Magdalena Stasiak-Horkan, MBBS, DCH, MRCGP (2003-2017), General Practitioner

Dr Rohaan Seth, BSc, MBChB, MRCGP (2012), retired General Practitioner

Dr Jannah van der Pol, iBSc, MBBS, MRCGP, General Practitioner

Dr Helen Westwood, MBChB (Hons), MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG, General Practitioner 

Dr Lucie Wilk, BSc, MD, FRCPC (2013), Consultant Rheumatologist

Tags: Adverse EffectsCOVID-19Doctors for Patients UKDr Aseem MalhotraGMCGood Law ProjectHARTLawfareLegal actionMyocarditisUKMFAVaccine

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MTF
MTF
1 year ago

the GLP, an entity funded primarily by the public

This statement might give the impression it was in some way tax-payer funded. To be clear – it is non-profit funded by donations.

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jburns75
jburns75
1 year ago
Reply to  MTF

I wonder where some of those donations have come from?

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
Reply to  jburns75

Suckers. Maugham loses every case.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
1 year ago
Reply to  MTF

“We are hugely grateful to have received support from Avaaz, Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, Lund Trust, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, Necessity, 38 Degrees, and Dale Vince, CEO of Ecotricity.“

The enemy.

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
1 year ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

The GLP is headed up by Jolyon Maughan, the fox killing KC, a legend in his own lunchbox.

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago
Reply to  DevonBlueBoy

in his wife’s Kimono, I think you mean.

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godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
1 year ago
Reply to  MTF

Three downvotes for pointing out a fact!

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MTF
MTF
1 year ago
Reply to  godknowsimgood

I am just pleased to get 44 upvotes – a novel experience for me.

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wokeman
wokeman
1 year ago
Reply to  MTF

It’s essentially funded by the radical left/big money.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

The Good Law Project?

This rogue outfit clearly does not have a clue about ‘good law’ and is very definitely conducting itself via false promises. The failure to understand what has gone on these last three years is staggering. Furthermore, the dangers of the so called vaccines are now becoming mainstream. Does the GLP not understand what underscores the Hippocratic Oath – first do no harm?

HART and other like-minded groups should consider taking the GLP to court. I would happily contribute.

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JohnK
JohnK
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Perhaps it should be renamed; how about “The Oxymoronic Project”?

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WyrdWoman
WyrdWoman
1 year ago
Reply to  JohnK

Or Grift Law Project?

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Scunnered
Scunnered
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

The Good Law Project that loses every case it takes to court.

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
1 year ago

At the same time, didn’t the GMC try to section Dr Sam White if I remember correctly.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
1 year ago
Reply to  Ron Smith

Dr Sam White won his case on the basis of freedom of speech, judgement since removed from the website where case judgements are posted for reference, so it’s good to see that the GMC are applying the judgement to Dr Malhotra’s case.

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zebedee
zebedee
1 year ago

My understanding of the GLP is they only exist to campaign for donations to pay their fees so that they can carry out lawfare.

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Monro
Monro
1 year ago

Congratulations to all the signatories in support of Dr Malhotra.

An courageous and outstandingly honourable position to have taken

Last edited 1 year ago by Monro
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HicManemus
HicManemus
1 year ago

The GLP has form. See Guido Fawkes for his many postings on Jolyon Maughan, the founder of GLP. He comments that “Jolyon Maugham triggers Judical Reviews as often as Guido has hangovers”. I rest my case m’lord.

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Valerie_London
Valerie_London
1 year ago

Well this particular ‘case’ is not on the GLP website, so I’m wondering if they have since disassociated from it (this dates back to June). The fact that they have ‘nearly raised £5k in all that time since speaks volumes.

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stewart
stewart
1 year ago

the legal action supported by the GLP risks undermining the resolve of medical professionals to speak candidly on serious health issues,

No doubt that is precisely the intent.

Somebody doesn’t want independent doctors but rather obedient foot soldiers.

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GroundhogDayAgain
GroundhogDayAgain
1 year ago

Didn’t the GLP get one of their recent cases thrown out when the judge decided that they themselves had no ‘standing’ inthe case (ie not directly impacted by the law they were seeking to challenge)

Well, GLP are clearly neither involved in, nor impacted by the decision to allow Aseem to speak his mind.

This is simply an attempt to use the courts to cancel someone they dislike. Fatuous nonsense, I hope this case dies on its ar5e.

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stewart
stewart
1 year ago
Reply to  GroundhogDayAgain

It probably will and the GLP probably know it too.

Regardless, they will have achieved their aim which is one of intimidation.

Other doctors will have taken note and will be that much more reluctant to speak up just to avoid the hassle of a lawsuit, because however spurious, fighting one takes time, money and energy.

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NickR
NickR
1 year ago

Jolyon Maugham, who runs GLP is the classic champagne socialist. There may be people who don’t know in which case please the following link highlighting his notorious role as a notorious beater to death of foxes, just in case….. RSPCA investigates after lawyer Jolyon Maugham kills fox with baseball bat – BBC News.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/doctors-resist-attempts-to-silence-dr-malhotra/

TCW have reported this as Breaking News.

The more the better.

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
1 year ago

Oh dear, if the kimono-clad fox-killer is involved then it certainly isn’t anything related to good law. Leftwaffe arse.

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Cameron
Cameron
1 year ago

I’m just thankful we still have a modicum of free speech in this country – evidenced by the freedom of the ‘Good Law Project’ to make an utter fool of themselves. Chilling, nonetheless and also chilling is their 1984 distortion of language in their title.

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ekathulium
ekathulium
1 year ago

Who is Dr Matt Kneale and why did he instigate this case against the GMC and Dr Malhotra?

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
1 year ago
Reply to  ekathulium

Jealousy or money. The old favourites for legal action.

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RogerB
RogerB
1 year ago
Reply to  ekathulium

I suspect a sectarian angle: “Malhotra” is a name associated with Hindu and/or Sikh beliefs; “Matt Kneale” has clear Islamic connotations.

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rachel.c
rachel.c
1 year ago
Reply to  RogerB

Thank you for lightening my mood.

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ellie-em
ellie-em
1 year ago
Reply to  ekathulium

Never heard of him before but if it’s the same Matthew Kneale who has made several (approx 900) FOI requests, he has a keen interest in Trust disciplinary processes and GMC referrals…and also free car parking for NHS staff.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/matthew_kneale

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DevonBlueBoy
DevonBlueBoy
1 year ago
Reply to  ellie-em

a.k.a. a complete Bellend with far to much time on his hands. Co-Chair of Doctors; Association UK – “A non-profit organisation lead by frontline doctors. Led by frontline doctors. For frontline doctors. We advocate for both the medical profession and patients and we fight for a better NHS”
That’s alright then, no possible conflicts of interest here. A low rent version of the BMA.

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godknowsimgood
godknowsimgood
1 year ago

The Good Law Project – which supported Mermaids in their disastrous own-goal legal challenge against the LGB Alliance – has a name like 1984’s Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Love and Ministry of Plenty. 

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wryobserver
wryobserver
1 year ago

Only sorry I didn’t hear about this, as I would have signed it as well.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
1 year ago

“Good Law Project”

Pull the other one.

If you’ve got to include the word “good” in the name, it means it probably isn’t.

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rachel.c
rachel.c
1 year ago

BTW good interview with Dr Malhotra on the Highwire last week.

Hopefully this is a case of any publicity is good publicity for the cause. We need more medics to speak out.

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Peter W
Peter W
1 year ago

I have previously supported the Good Law with donations. Never again.

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Valerie_London
Valerie_London
1 year ago
Reply to  Peter W

Me too and I am or was on their email list, but certainly never got one about this case.

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marebobowl
marebobowl
1 year ago

Once again I do not see one GP or rheumatologist’s name in our practice or local hospital. Surely they are witnessing the severe serious adverse events and deaths post covid vaxxes. I have lost faith in our GP’s and consultants. How on earth, can they continue to participate in the admin of these unsafe and ineffective experimental biologicals?

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rachel.c
rachel.c
1 year ago
Reply to  marebobowl

My guess is that they are keeping their heads down, knowing how deep in the sh1t they are and incapable of imagining a way out.

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Peter W
Peter W
1 year ago

GLP seem to have shut down their contact form as mine would not send.

“I have previously donated to GLP’s projects. 
Your apparently unreasonable witch hunt of Dr. Aseem Malhotra is beyond the pale and I will not be supporting GLP ever again.

Such a shame and very much anti free speech. “

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
1 year ago

Jolyon Maugham, Law’s most affected and Narcissistic practitioner, expert in emptying the pockets of suckers to fund his hopeless cases.

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JXB
JXB
1 year ago

Good Law Project.

I declare an oxymoron.

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