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General Medical Council on ‘the wrong side of history,’ campaigners say, after tribunal suspends Insulate Britain activist from the medical register for 3 months
Insulate Britain campaigner Dr Diana Warner outside Stratford Magistrates' Court, east London, ahead of a hearing, April 26, 2022

CAMPAIGNERS slammed the doctors’ regulatory body today after a retired GP had her medical licence suspended over her involvement in a series of peaceful climate protests.

Diana Warner, who worked for the NHS for 37 years, was found guilty of professional misconduct at a tribunal convened by the General Medical Council over her role in three separate protests. 

The 65-year-old had been handed custodial sentences for breaching injunctions by protesting with Insulate Britain in 2021 and 2022 on the M25.

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