Building the Medicines Manufactur...
Building the Medicines Manufacturing Centre Workforce
NENC Providers Podcast by North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative
S1 · E19
Jun 10, 2026
16:47
Episode notes

The Medicines Manufacturing Centre is a new facility that will produce medicines for patients across the NHS. It will also create new training and career opportunities in a highly skilled environment.

In this episode of the Providers Podcast, we talk to staff from the Medicines Manufacturing Centre in Seaton Delaval about how they are building their workforce ahead of opening.

Jody Varley, Education & Training Lead, joins Carly McGurty, Deputy Head of Quality.

Together, they explain what the Centre will do and why it’s important to start recruiting and developing staff early.

They also discuss the different roles needed, the skills required to work in medicines manufacturing and how education and training are attracting people into the organisation.

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Keywords
Health
NHS
Provider Collaborative
North East
North Cumbria
Aseptic
Medicine
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