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Office for Life Sciences

UK cross-government unit coordinating life-sciences industrial strategy.

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Key Question

Why did the Office for Life Sciences co-author a plan to fix Britain's lab-skills gap?

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Co-published the Life Sciences Jobs Plan

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Common Questions

What is the Office for Life Sciences?

It is a joint UK Government unit under DHSC and DSIT that coordinates the country's life-sciences industrial strategy.

Which departments run the Office for Life Sciences?

It sits jointly under the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What did the Office for Life Sciences publish in July 2026?

It co-authored the 42-page Life Sciences Jobs Plan with DHSC, DSIT and DBT, published on 9 July 2026.Source: event

Background

The Office for Life Sciences co-authored the Life Sciences Jobs Plan alongside DHSC, DSIT and DBT, published 9 July 2026. The plan targets the gap between life-sciences graduates and employer-ready laboratory skills.

The unit sits jointly under the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, coordinating the government's life-sciences industrial strategy across research, manufacturing and skills policy rather than running programmes directly itself.

Its role on the jobs plan lands the same week the state made its largest-ever direct biotech investment via Alchemab Therapeutics, positioning the office as the coordination layer sitting behind the week's funding headlines.