Claim: A letter to The Times newspaper was signed by a Mr Martin Spiro. Records from the General Medical Council show that the only Martin Spiro registered died five years ago.
Fact-check: Two doctors with same name cause Times letter confusion - Full Fact
Verdict: there are two martin spiros, as confirmed by the general medical council. one of them voluntarily removed themselves from the council's register in 1993. their record was subsequently not uploaded when the register was digitised in 2005.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton
Date published: 2021-10-20T00:00:00