Skills Environment

As part of its programme of work, the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) seeks to ensure that the UK听has an adaptive workforce with relevant skills to sustain the future requirements of the UK medicines manufacturing industry.听

MMIP has identified听six objectives听for medicines manufacturing skills in the UK:

Promote the Medicines Manufacturing Industry and careers within it
Create apprenticeships standards to enable companies to use the Apprenticeship Levy
Share and promote good practice for training and skills development
Address the low level of practical skills in graduates and other new-starters
Address the issues arising from there being relatively small national cohorts for education and training in a number of critical skills areas
As part of the ATMP Taskforce recommendations鈥�,听deliver an End to End Talent Management Plan for the sector and establish a Skills and Training Academy for the UK听

Progress and activity

During 2015 and early 2016, MMIP was a major contributor to the听. This Strategy was published in April 2016 and identifies the key skills issues and gaps that need to be addressed across the science industries, including small and large molecule pharmaceuticals and advanced therapies.

鈥婽he SIP Skills Strategy provided further reinforcement of many of the skills issues identified in the ABPI's 2015 Report "".

In addition the MMIP has been working with the Department for Education and The Life and Industrial Science Trailblazer Group to develop听new apprenticeship standards for medicines manufacturing.

MMIP also supports the SIP听.

鈥婩urther information

Kate Barclay, Pfizer, contributed a guest blog to the 麻豆社for National Apprenticeship Week (6-12 March 2017) on听鈥�Apprenticeships: the career step for you?鈥�

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