Toxicology Services · UK public procurement notice

Coroner duties in relation to deaths Under

Section 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

(CJA 2009) requires that a senior coroner "who

is made aware that a body of a deceased

person is within that Coroners area must as

soon as practicable conduct an investigation

into the persons deaths" if any of the following

apply: (a) the deceased has

died a violent and unnatural death (b) the

cause of death is unknown, or (c) the

deceased died while in custody or otherwise in

state detention Northamptonshire Coroners

Service Northamptonshire Coroner's Service is

a countywide service provided by WNC, as the

'relevant authority'. Toxicology is sometimes necessary to

determine a cause of death.

Last calendar year there was 359 deceased

persons that required toxicology tests for the

Pathologist to determine a medical cause of

death.