Wakefield was found guilty of gross professional misconduct, including multiple counts of falsifying data, omitting data, accepting covert payments, and dishonestly and irresponsibly failing to disclose pertinent study information. Consequently, Wakefield was the subject of a 'fitness to practice' hearing of the UK General Medical Council which examined three dozen charges proved (including multiple counts of falsifying data). As a result of a finding of guilt  he was 'struck off' the medical register and is barred from practising as a physician in the UK, and is not licensed in the US where he now resides.

Considering all the damage he has done, it is a shame that he wasn't charged for criminal fraud, incarcerated, and sued into penury. As a result, he is free to pursue his perverse influence on dimwitted anti-vaxxers who refuse to recognize the obvious truth about Mr. Wakefield's history of professional misconduct.