Major plans for a world-leading lab which will produce radioactive substances that are critical for cancer diagnosis and treatment have been announced by the Welsh Government. The government says the development of the lab address a fast-approaching supply crisis for nuclear medicine around the world.
They say that in the UK and across the world the equipment in facilities currently producing life-saving radioactive substances, known as medical radioisotopes, which are critical to cancer diagnosis and treatment, are coming to the end of their productive life and being closed. As a result the Welsh Government says that by 2030 the UK faces a reality of having no medical radioisotopes or the “ethical nightmare” of having to ration them. Should this happen the loss of supply would have a significant detrimental impact on patient outcomes and survival.
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