This is a game-changing letter that should be read by everyone affected by cancer. It was written in November 2020 from a high-level review body scutinising the work of the Wales Cancer Research Centre (WCRC). The Centre embraces cancer research in all of Wales. Read on and find out why a stand-alone cancer centre in Cardiff will, troublingly ‘have serious consequences for patients’, damage Wales’s reputation in cancer care and ‘erode’ Velndre’s brand in the eyes of the world. Yet Vaughan Gething signed off this same fateful ‘compromise’ plan (his word) on March 19th while the WCRC letter was known to Welsh Government but lay hidden.
The eminent members of the External Advisory Board:-
Wales Cancer Research Centre
External Advisory Board Membership as of May 2021
| Name | Role/Expertise | Professional Title | Affiliation |
| Prof. Neil Burnet Chair (from 1st Jan, 2019) | Radiotherapy (photon and proton beam therapy) | Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant in Clinical Oncology | University of Manchester |
| Prof. David Cameron Deputy Chair | Clinical Leadership in Clinical Trials of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy;Devolved Nations Networking | Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology | University of Edinburgh |
| Prof. Judith Bliss | Clinical Trials Statistics, Methodology and Governance | Professor of Clinical Trials; Deputy Head, Division of Cancer Studies | Institute of Cancer Research, London |
| Prof. Sarah Blagden | Clinical Leadership in Early Phase Trials | Associate Prof of Experimental Therapeutics; Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology | University of Oxford |
| Prof. Owen Sansom | Pre-clinical discovery and translational science | Director, Institute of Cancer Sciences | University of Glasgow |
| Prof. Karin Oien | Cancer pathology and bio-banking | Professor of Pathology (Experimental Therapeutics) | University of Glasgow |
| Prof. Jane Maher | Palliative Care; Third Sector Partnerships | Chief Medical Officer | Macmillan Cancer Support |
| Ms. Kate Robinson | Patient and Public Involvement | Independent lay representative |
