To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 105519, what assessment his Department made of the steps required to practically implement the Life Sciences Vision prior to its publication.
Answered on
25 April 2022
The Life Sciences Vision, published in July 2021, was written with feasibility as one of its guiding concepts and in collaboration with industry, charity organisations, the devolved administrations and National Health Service partners. It aims to increase the health, wealth, and resilience of the sector in the United Kingdom. The Vision was written prior to the 2021 Spending Review setting out the high-level ambitions for the sector in the next 10 years to align the Government’s, NHS and sector priorities, although without specific programmes for delivery.
The Vision was published with an understanding that a detailed implementation roadmap would follow the finalisation of the 2021 Spending Review. This would set out delivery and governance plans and to allow the sector to decide where it wishes to co-invest with the Government. As the internal allocations for the Spending Review have recently concluded, we will publish the plan for its implementation in summer 2022.