Department of Health and Social Care
UK government department responsible for health and social care policy.
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Why is the health department co-writing a plan to plug Britain's lab-skills gap?
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Co-published the Life Sciences Jobs Plan targeting the lab-skills gap
UK Startups and Innovation: Jobs plan targets the lab-skills gapBackground
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) co-authored the Life Sciences Jobs Plan with DSIT, DBT and the Office for Life Sciences, published 9 July 2026. The plan targets the gap between life-sciences graduates and employer-ready laboratory skills.
DHSC is the UK ministerial department responsible for health and social care policy, overseeing the NHS in England and setting strategic direction for the country's life-sciences sector alongside DSIT and DBT.
Its role on the jobs plan links health policy directly to the biotech funding this beat tracks: Alchemab Therapeutics' £25m round and IMU Biosciences' £40m raise both depend on a workforce DHSC's plan aims to build.
