State Laboratory struggles to cope with demand for postmortem test results 

State  Laboratory received almost 8,300 samples for analysis last year – up by 8% on the previous year, which was already up 10% on 2021. Picture: Getty Images

Turnaround times for test results at the State Laboratory have slowed down as demand for toxicology reports continues to soar.

The demand from test results as part of the postmortem process for coroners has been steadily increasing year on year.