Medical Progress

DNA & Paternity Testing Reasons & Fears

DNA & Paternity testing is done for several reasons. The test is 99.99% accurate and results can be obtained quickly. If you are trying to establish paternity for the sake of knowing who the biological father of a child is, it is best to get the test done while the child is young by someone working a qualified locum doctor job in your area of jurisdiction. This will impact the child (and family) less than if it is later on More

5 Myths About Paternity Testing

When a woman does not know who the father of her child is or is being challenged as to paternity then a paternity DNA test becomes extremely important. Parental testing is generally defined as the use of genetic fingerprinting to determine whether a particular man is the biological father of a child. There are certain myths associated with this testing. Here are five of them.

• The test is expensive – The truth is the test is not at all expensive More

The Chaos Named Summary Care Records

Summary Care Records, the system as a whole has come in for strong criticism. It is facing flak not from the patient’s forum but from the General Practitioners forum and those working permanent doctor jobs. So much is the adverse calls towards the SCR system that BMA GP’s committee has requested the government to suspend the access to all the SCR Records.

The reason for this ire of the GP’s is due to the fact that the SCR records More