The GMC examined, among other ethical points, whether Wakefield and his colleagues obtained the required approvals for the tests they performed on the children; the data-manipulation charges reported in the Times, which surfaced after the case was prepared, were not at question in the hearings.
Di antara sejumlah aspek etika, GMC mempelajari apakah Wakefield dan rekan-rekannya mendapat persetujuan yang diperlukan untuk melakukan pengujian terhadap anak-anak; tuduhan manipulasi data di Times yang muncul setelah kasus ini disiapkan tidak diangkat dalam sidang tersebut.