executive director. Dr Wakefield remains adamant that the scientific results of his 1998 study are still valid. In a statement, he said: "The clinical and pathological findings in these children stand as reported."" He also seems to have rejected the GMC's verdict yesterday and so seems unrepentent -- it will be interesting to see what sanctions the GMC impose in due course (but given that he now works in the States it may not matter). It will also be interesting to see what the Royal College of Pathologists say as they allegedly gave him a Fellowship for his research (again according to the BBC). Vaccinations are not that unpopular if current figures from Scotland are to be believed: "In Scotland as a whole, quarterly uptake rates by 24 months of age for primary courses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Hib, MenC and PCV remain high and stable at around 96% to 98%. Quarterly uptake of one dose of MMR by 24 months is 93.8%. This is an increase of 0.5 percentage points on the previous quarterly figure. Quarterly uptake by 5 years of age is 96.2%, the same as the previous quarterly figure. Quarterly uptake of the Hib/MenC booster vaccination by 24 months rose to 94.3% this quarter (94.1% in previous quarter). Quarterly uptake of the PCV booster by 24 months is 94.8%, an increase of 1.0 percentage points on the previous quarterly figure. These vaccines were introduced to the childhood immunisation schedule in September 2006 along with the other