Clinical Prioritisation of Nuclear Medicine SPECT, Planar and Non Imaging studies

The Clinical Prioritisation of Nuclear Medicine SPECT, Planar and Non Imaging studies guideline has now been published.

Stewart Redman¹, Arum Parthipun², Sabina Dizdarevic³, Jilly Croasdale⁴, Lorenzo Biassoni⁵, Alp Notghi⁶, Amy Eccles⁷ and Kshama Wechalekar⁸. 
¹Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK, ²Royal Free Hospital, London, UK, ³Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK, ⁴Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, ⁵Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK, ⁶Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham, UK, ⁷Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, London, UK, ⁸Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 

This document sets out a prioritisation framework to assist nuclear medicine services in the allocation of imaging resources during periods of service constraint. Examples of these constraints could be shortages in starting materials like molybdenum-99, shortages in radiopharmaceutical kits or finished products, or during widespread constraints such as pandemics (e.g., COVID-19), natural disasters, geopolitical disruptions, or large-scale workforce shortages.

View the full guideline here