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Crown Office may 'outsource' Scottish jobs to fix toxicology delay scandal

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The Crown Office has been accused of wanting to“outsource” jobs to England to resolve the scandal of delayed toxicology cases.It is understood the prosecution service has been in discussions with London-based firm Eurofins about easing the huge backlog.Labour MSP Monica Lennon said: “Outsourcing toxicology tests to labs outside Scotland is a desperate attempt to tackle the shocking delays that have hit families awaiting final post-mortem reports.”Grieving families are facing an agonising wait for post-mortem results following a dispute between the Crown and Glasgow University.The University provides toxicology reports into sudden deaths as part of the post-mortem process, but a contractual row with the Crown created delays.Instead of

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