162-95 In One Paragraph OR Sinking The Conspiracy

 
162-95 Explained in one Paragraph or
Sinking The Three Doctors
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 This blog entry is incorrect because it ignores that the only issue that matters was whether the 3 doctors intended to create some new generatized knowledge.   The concept of 'clinically indicated' has nothing to do with  the determination of what is and what is not medical research.   162-95 was never relevant at all to the determination of what was research.



See:http://vaccineswork.blogspot.com/2010/02/game-over-for-wakefield-at-start-of-gmc.html
The GMC panel, which didn't provide a decent overview, at least said the following on page 3.

"The Panel has heard that ethical approval had been sought and granted for other trials and it has been specifically suggested that Project 172-96 was never undertaken and that in fact, the Lancet 12 children’s investigations were clinically indicated and the research parts of those clinically justified investigations were covered by Project 162-95. In the light of all the available evidence, the Panel rejected this proposition. "

ONE PARAGRAPH
At the time, gastroenterologists at teaching hospitals such as The Royal Free often took extra biopsies (tiny bites) for research purposes from the intestines of patients they did colonoscopies on.  You didn't need Ethics Committee approval.  And you may not have needed permission from the patient or parent.  Professor Walker-Smith moves from St.Barts hospital to the Royal Free in 1995. In August, he writes the Ethics Committee asking  if he can follow his practice at St. Barts of  taking 2 extra biopsies for  "various research" purposes. He includes a copy of the information sheet sheet he gives to patients. Two weeks later, the Chairman of the Committee writes back and says that's fine, go ahead now, we'll formally approve it our next meeting. And if you need to write us again about this, please  include the identification  number 162-95.

THE LONGER VERSION

Dr. Bill Long agrees that if the doctors can't rely on 162-95, the case against them is much stronger.