Laboratories: Staff

(asked on 19th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff will be employed at each megalab site announced by his Department; and what the occupations will be of those staff employed at each of those sites.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2021

When operating at full capacity, the Leamington Spa laboratory will require a multi-skilled workforce of up to 2,000 people.

Specific roles will include data scientists, bioscience leads, shift supervisors, laboratory equipment managers, senior, junior and trainee laboratory technicians, warehouse leads and a range of administrative and facilities management roles.

We have decided to pause development work on the second laboratory in Scotland until we have further detailed projections on long-term testing demand.

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