Medical Technology Group

Improving patient access to medical technology

The Medical Technology Group (MTG) is the only UK coalition of patient groups, research charities, and medical device companies working together to ensure appropriate and timely patient access to medical technology.

Latest from the MTG

“If we want to make space for innovation, we need to get better at decommissioning”

“If we want to make space for innovation, we need to get better at decommissioning” Nigel Edwards is an independent health policy expert and former…

“Patients Are Going Round in Circles”

"Patients Are Going Round in Circles" The Medical Technology Group spoke to Judy Birch, co-founder and CEO of the Pelvic Pain Support Network, about her…

“Value Doesn’t Run April to April” Dr Andrew Stradling on the NHS’s new value-based procurement pilots

“Value Doesn't Run April to April” Dr Andrew Stradling on the NHS’s new value-based procurement pilots Dr Andrew Stradling is the Chief Medical Officer for…

“By modernising our approach, we can help ensure patients benefit from safe, effective innovations sooner”

“By modernising our approach, we can help ensure patients benefit from safe, effective innovations sooner” James Pound is Executive Director, Innovation and Compliance at…

Sebastian Rees on accountability and the future of NHS reform

“Running a system as large and complex as the NHS centrally is an experiment which has run its course.” Sebastian Rees on accountability and the…

An update from David Lawson, Director of Medical Technology & Innovation at the Department for Health and Social Care

Turning strategy into action: a focus for Medical Technology Awareness Week 2025

Value-based procurement isn’t about spending more money – it’s about spending it differently

"Value-based procurement isn’t about spending more money – it’s about spending it differently."

Why join the MTG?

Become a part of a coalition of patient groups, research charities, and medical device companies that strive to improve the healthcare system and patient outcomes via the use of medical technologies and innovation.

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Julie, Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT)

“My CRT device lets me be positive about the future.“

Julie was a midwife on a busy maternity ward when she was diagnosed with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, an enlarged heart. She now lives life to the full thanks to a Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) device.

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