Our Services

The forensic toxicology service
perform assays for:

· Coroners
· Pathologists
· Hospital Laboratories
· Police Forces
· Armed Forces
· Trading Standards
· Solicitors
· Private and public companies
· Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
· Grant-funded research studies
· Members of the public

Core Functions Include:

· Forensic toxicological screening
· Assay development
· Assay validation
· Tablet and powder identification
· Teaching analytical techniques
· Toxicology research
· Drug effects in man
· Expert opinions on:
· Drug actions
· Drug toxicity
· Drug interactions
· Legal cases involving drugs
· Drug pharmacokinetics
· Analytical proficiency testing

The forensic toxicology service, located in South West London, is the home of expert forensic toxicologists specialising in the measurement of drugs and endogenous compounds in both clinical and post mortem samples using a wide variety of immunoassay, chromatographic (GCMS and LCMSMS) and spectroscopic