STRATEGY

During Phase 1 of the programme, MATCH has carved out a niche in which it is uniquely placed to undertake internationally-leading research, to collaborateopenly with medical device companies and to inform policy.

 

This comes at a time when the healthcare industry is actively engaged with the Department of Health (DoH) on many fronts under the Health Industries Task Force (HITF) initiative to improve the uptake of new technology in the NHS. In all three areas, its greatest contribution lies in supporting better decision-making.

 

Unusually for a research programme, MATCH has the potential to make an impact with the medical devices community as well as in policy – see figure. Since MATCH is being assessed as both an applied programme to support an industrial sector, and as an academic programme, these layers must represent a balance of academic and industrially relevant targets.