MATCH is now a 10 year programme to examine the value of medical technology from three perspectives - that of the company bringing it to market, that of the user and that of government evaluation agencies. It has been funded primarily through the EPSRC's flagship IMRC (Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres) at £3.6M to 2008 and then a further £8.9M in total.

The collaborating universities are Birmingham, Nottingham and Ulster.

List of publications

For more details, see: www.match.ac.uk

RIGHT is a 2 year collaboration, once again funded by the EPSRC, to explore the use of simulation in healthcare service design and delivery. The collaborating universities are Cambridge, Southampton and Ulster. RIGHT has recently produced a selection tool to support service providers in their decision-making.

List publication

For more details, see: www.right.org.uk