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The [[Medical Technology Group]] (MTG) is a trade organization, working for different companies, patient groups, charities and other trade associations in the pharmaceutical industry. The MTG was launched in 2000 to make medical technologies available to everyone who needs them. The MTG works towards achieving a cutting edge NHS where patients are guaranteed access to effective medical technologies. <ref> ABHI [http://www.abhi.org.uk/key-issues/public-affairs/medical-technology-group.aspx  Medical Technology Group], accessed Feb 2011</ref> The MTG does not have any competitors, like they write on their homepage, they are “the only UK coalition of industry groups and patient charities working together to improve patient access to effective medical technologies”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/ Competitors], accessed 11.02.2011</ref>
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The '''Medical Technology Group''' (MTG) describes itself as "a coalition of patient groups, research charities and medical device manufacturers working to make medical technologies available to everyone who needs them."<ref> MTG website [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=2 About MTG], accessed Nov 2010</ref> The Group was launched in 2000 to lobby for medical technologies in the NHS.
  
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==Background==
  
AdvaMed, a members of the MTG, writes on their homepage that, “the Medical Technology Group represents drug and device manufacturers and trade associations on all aspects of federal and state regulation of medical technology, including the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration, Health Care Financing Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Trade Commission, and State Medicaid Agencies”. <ref> AdvaMed [http://www.advamed.org/MemberPortal/Membership/associate/associate_member_roster.htm Associate Members], accessed 02.03.2011</ref>
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The global medical technology market is worth an estimated £150-170bn and the proportion of healthcare expenditure spent on medical technology is increasing.  
  
==Economy==
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The USA is the largest market worth over £70bn and has a strong supply base with most of world’s largest medical technology companies originating there. <ref> Department for Business, Innovation & Skills [http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-sectors/docs/s/10-p90-strength-and-opportunity-bioscience-and-health-technology-sectors.pdf Strength andOpportunity] Dec 2010, accessed 28.03.2011 </ref>  
Many, including The MTG, believe that that the uptake of medical technologies is not as good as it should be in the UK. The UK medical technology sector in 2010 consists of 3034 companies generating a turnover of £13.1bn and employing 55 000 individuals. Barbara Harpham, Medical Technology Group chairman and director of Heart Research UK claims that, UK lag behind many other European countries, with problems like hospitals denying patients NICE-approved technologies because they lack the facilities or staff to support their use. <ref> Nursing Times [http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-informatics/nhs-must-boost-use-of-technology-or-risk-falling-behind/5008942.article NHS 'must boost use of technology' or risk falling behind] 25.11.2009, accessed 09.04.2011 </ref> Norman Lamb MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, agree that it should be more focus on medical technology. He says that, “adoption of medical technologies is often both cost effective and in the patient’s interest. Up until now, the NHS has been slow to recognise the value of technology. This has to change if we are to maximise the effective use of resources for the benefit of patients”. <ref> Scottish Healthcare [http://www.scottishhealthcare.com/2009/11/page/2/ Medical Technology Group Warns Against ‘Slow-Tech’ NHS] 25.11.2009, accessed 04.042011</ref>
 
  
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The UK medical technology sector in 2010 consisted of 3034 companies generating a turnover of £13.1bn and employing 55,000 individuals. [[Barbara Harpham]], Medical Technology Group chairman and director of [[Heart Research UK]] claimed the UK lags behind many other European countries, with problems like hospitals denying patients NICE-approved technologies because they lack the facilities or staff to support their use.<ref> "Nursing Times'' [http://www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/news-topics/health-informatics/nhs-must-boost-use-of-technology-or-risk-falling-behind/5008942.article NHS "must boost use of technology" or risk falling behind] 25.11.2009, accessed 09.04.2011 </ref>
  
“The global medical technology market is estimated to be worth £150-170bn and the proportion of healthcare expenditure spent on medical technology is increasing. The USA is the largest market worth over £70bn and has a strong supply base with the majority of world’s largest medical technology companies originating in the country”. <ref> Department for Business, Innovation & Skills [http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-sectors/docs/s/10-p90-strength-and-opportunity-bioscience-and-health-technology-sectors.pdf Strength and
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The UK spends just 4.5 per cent of its healthcare budget on technology, compared with a European average of 6.3%. MTG claims that this "leads to British patients missing out, for example life saving pacemakers are implanted in Germany at twice the UK rate”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=11 MTG Policy Statements], accessed 11.02.2011</ref>
Opportunity] Dec 2010, accessed 28.03.2011</ref> “The UK spends just 4.5% of its healthcare budget on technology, compared with a European average of 6.3%. This leads to British patients missing out, for example life saving pacemakers are implanted in Germany at twice the UK rate”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=11 MTG Policy Statements], accessed 11.02.2011</ref>
 
  
==Medical Technology==
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==MTG members==
AdvaMed claims that medical technology is used to diagnose, monitor or treat every disease or condition that affects humans. They write that these innovative technologies are improving the quality of health care delivered and patient outcomes through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and reductions in hospital stays and rehabilitation times. <ref> AdvaMed [http://www.advamed.org/MemberPortal/About/NewsRoom/MediaKits/whatismedtechnology.htm What is Medical Technology?], 14.09.2004, accessed 06.04.2011 </ref> Barbara Harpham says that, “slashing budgets is counterproductive as modern technologies help thousands of people stay in work and out of hospital” <ref> Scottish Healthcare [http://www.scottishhealthcare.com/2009/11/page/2/ NHS 'must boost use of technology], 25.11.2009, accessed 09.04.2011 </ref> The global medical publisher, BMJ Group writes that, “medical technologies can improve clinical outcomes and experiences of patients and support the wellbeing and personal development of individuals. They can help to achieve savings for the NHS and other areas of public spending in a tight budgetary climate, by improving rehabilitation and independence, supporting care closer to home, and reducing planned and emergency hospital admissions”. <ref> BMJ Group [http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d566.short/reply UK must increase uptake of medical technology to close gap with Europe] 03.02.2011, accessed 03.04.2011 </ref>
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MTG consists of 40 members, and works as a partnership. It includes individual medical technology companies as well as trade associations.
 
 
 
 
The Medical Technology Group have worked to improve patient access to effective medical technologies, such as Computer Navigated Orthopaedic Surgery, Spinal Cord Stimulator, heart blankets <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=16 Key Facts] accessed 20.03.2011 </ref> and insulin pumps. <ref> Weber Shandwick [http://www.scribd.com/doc/42069182/Weber-Shandwick-Presentation-FINAL Medical Technology Group, 2009 End of year review and forward look] accessed 02.04.2011 </ref> None of the products they have promoted have failed. The products they introduce for patients in the UK have been carefully tested, before the Medical Technology Group distributes information about them. As a result, none of their products can be said to have failed.
 
 
 
 
 
Heart blankets is an example of a product the Medical Technology Group have promoted on their websites and in other medias. Scientists at Leeds University are at a crucial stage in the development of an innovative artificial heart muscle that helps the heart to beat, called heart blankets. “The technology, made of a web of special material positioned around the heart, has sensors that recognise when the heart wants to beat, triggering a series of miniature motors to make the web contract, helping the heart push blood around the body”. <ref> Docstoc [http://www.docstoc.com/docs/69257722/Key-Facts-about-Heart-Blankets-Pioneering-treatment-for-heart Key Facts about Heart Blankets Pioneering treatment for heart] 2008, accessed 14.04.2011 </ref>. Barbara Harpham claims that this is an amazing new technology that could benefit thousands and save a massive amount of money for the NHS. She says that it’s great that it is being developed in the UK and funded by a UK charity, and that this is a product that can benefit many patients and their families. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/download/file/pdf/Issues-and-outcomes-key-facts-about-medical-technology_Heart-Blanket.doc.pdf Key Facts about Heart Blankets] 2008, accessed 20.03.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
==The MTG members==
 
The Medical Technology Group consists of 40 members, and it works as a partnership. “Partnerships are defined as purposive strategic relationships between independent firms who share compatible goals, strive for mutual benefit, and acknowledge a high level of mutual interdependence. They join efforts to achieve goals that each firm, acting alone, could not attain easily”. <ref> Mohr, Jakki and Robert Speakman [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/smj.4250150205/pdf Characteristics of Partnership Success: Partnership Attributes, Communication Behavior, and Conflict Resolution Techniques] 1994, accessed 04.03.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
===List of members:===
 
  
 
[[AdvaMed]], [[Abbot Medical Optics]], [[AntiCoagulation Europe]], [[ARMA]], [[Arrhythmia Alliance]], [[Arthritis Care]], [[Atrial Fibrillation Association]], [[Association of British Healthcare Industries]], [[BD]], [[Bladder and Bowel Foundation]], [[Boston Scientific]], [[British Cardiac Patients’ Association]], [[Cardiomyopathy Association]], [[Circulation Foundation]], [[ConvaTec]], [[CR Bard]], [[Dexcom]], [[Eucomed]], [[FABLE]], [[FEmISA]], [[Heart Research UK]], [[ICD Group]], [[Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Info and Support]], [[International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations]], [[INPUT]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], The [[Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation]], The [[Lindsay Leg Club Foundation]], [[Medtronic]], [[National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society]], [[The Patients Association]], [[Patient Information Forum]], [[Pelvic Pain Support Network]], [[Roche Diagnostics]], [[SADS UK]], [[St Jude Medical]], [[STARS]], [[Stryker]], [[Transplant Support Network]], [[Zimmer]].<ref>MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=4 Members], accessed 11.02.2011</ref>
 
[[AdvaMed]], [[Abbot Medical Optics]], [[AntiCoagulation Europe]], [[ARMA]], [[Arrhythmia Alliance]], [[Arthritis Care]], [[Atrial Fibrillation Association]], [[Association of British Healthcare Industries]], [[BD]], [[Bladder and Bowel Foundation]], [[Boston Scientific]], [[British Cardiac Patients’ Association]], [[Cardiomyopathy Association]], [[Circulation Foundation]], [[ConvaTec]], [[CR Bard]], [[Dexcom]], [[Eucomed]], [[FABLE]], [[FEmISA]], [[Heart Research UK]], [[ICD Group]], [[Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Info and Support]], [[International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations]], [[INPUT]], [[Johnson & Johnson]], The [[Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation]], The [[Lindsay Leg Club Foundation]], [[Medtronic]], [[National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society]], [[The Patients Association]], [[Patient Information Forum]], [[Pelvic Pain Support Network]], [[Roche Diagnostics]], [[SADS UK]], [[St Jude Medical]], [[STARS]], [[Stryker]], [[Transplant Support Network]], [[Zimmer]].<ref>MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=4 Members], accessed 11.02.2011</ref>
  
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==Lobbying for its members==
  
The MTG includes individual medical technology companies as well as trade associations. Here are three, a bit deeper, examples of members of the MTG: [[Association of British Healthcare Industries]], [[AdvaMed]], [[Eucomed]] as well as individual medical technology companies.
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===Weber Shandwick===
 
 
 
 
===The Association of British Healthcare Industries===
 
The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) is the industry association for the medical technology sector in the UK. They represent companies whose output makes up for around eighty five percent of the industry’s total. ABHI was formed 20 years ago to address Industry’s need to engage with the fast moving regulatory landscape and to support UK companies export their products around the world. ABHI has teams focusing on: UK market affairs; research & innovation; international policy; communications and public affairs; technical and regulatory issues; environmental issues; and events and exhibitions. They state that their membership includes some of the leading multinational businesses in the sector in the UK right the way through to small and medium sized enterprises. ABHI aim is to promote the rapid adoption of medical technologies to ensure optimum patient outcomes throughout the UK and in key global markets. ABHI membership is open to manufacturers as well as service companies involved in the health sector, such as distributors, professional groups and lawyers. <ref> ABHI [http://www.abhi.org.uk/about/about-abhi.aspx About ABHI] accessed 16.04.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
===AdvaMed===
 
Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) is the owner of The Medical Technology Group, logo with slogan (Improving patient access to medical technology). <ref> Markify [http://www.markify.com/trademarks/ctm/the+medical+technology+group+improving+patient+access+to+med/008786303 Detailed trademark information from the CTM database (Countries in the European Union)] accessed 06.04.2011 </ref> AdvaMed lobby politicians in support of legislation that will lead to faster approval of new medical technologies. They want to reduce the regulatory burden, and therefore the cost, of introducing new medical technologies into the market. AdvaMed state that they represents the interests of companies that make medical devices and diagnostic equipment. <ref> Jones, Chloe [http://www.helium.com/items/304089-the-role-of-the-advanced-medical-technology-association-advamed The role of the Advanced Medical Technology Association] 28.04 2007, accessed 06.04.2011 </ref>
 
  
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PR and lobbying company, [[Weber Shandwick]] provides the Secretariat to MTG and acts as its contact point. <ref> MTG and INPUT [http://www.technologyadoptioncentre.nhs.uk/assets/_files/documents/jun_10/nhs__1276784218_Medical_Technology_Group_Infor.pdf AUDIT OF INSULIN PUMP THERAPY PROVISION AT PRIMARY CARE TRUST (PCT) LEVEL TO BE PUBLISHED SOON] accessed 29.03.2011 </ref> <ref> PR Week [http://www.prweek.com/news/768532/Healthcare-tech-group-enlists-WS/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH Healthcare Tech Group Enlists WS] 23.11.2007, accessed 16.04.2011 </ref>
  
===Eucomed===
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*[[PB Political Consulting]] is also listed as providing PR services for MTG in the registrar of consultant lobbyists. <ref>[https://registerofconsultantlobbyists.force.com/CLR_Public_Profile?id=00124000006a4yrAAA PB Political Consulting profile 2015], ''Registrar of consultant lobbyists'', accessed 8 February 2016</ref>
Eucomed represents 4500 designers, manufacturers and suppliers of medical technology used in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and amelioration of disease and disability. Their members include national trade and pan-European product associations and internationally active manufacturers of all types of medical technology. Their mission is to “improve patient and clinician access to modern, innovative and reliable medical technology”. <ref> MTB Europe [http://www.mtbeurope.info/directory/eucomed.htm Eucomed], accessed 06.04.2011 </ref>
 
  
==Benefits of the MTG-membership==
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===Membership benefits===
The MTG sends out a weekly report to their members with all media coverage, Parliamentary activity and government announcements relevant to the MTG. In the report, members of the MTG also get information about the MTG and Weber Shandwick activity “to keep all members in the loop” <ref> Weber Shandwick. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/42069182/Weber-Shandwick-Presentation-FINAL Medical Technology Group, 2009 End of year review and forward look] accessed 02.04.2011 </ref>
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MTG sends out a weekly report to members with all relevant media coverage, parliamentary activity and government announcements. It includes information about MTG and Weber Shandwick activity “to keep all members in the loop”. <ref> Weber Shandwick. [http://www.scribd.com/doc/42069182/Weber-Shandwick-Presentation-FINAL Medical Technology Group, 2009 End of year review and forward look] accessed 02.04.2011 </ref> Membership also includes:
The MTG membership also includes:
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*'Access to professional public affairs advice on matters relating to the Group'
▪ “Access to professional public affairs advice on matters relating to the Group
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*'Training workshops on lobbying effectiveness, media training and other topics'
Training workshops on lobbying effectiveness, media training and other topics
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*'Opportunities to meet and network with MPs, patient and professional groups and regulatory bodies such as NICE and NHS PASA. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=5 Joining MTG] accessed 11.02.1011 </ref>
Opportunities to meet and network with MPs, patient and professional groups and regulatory bodies such as NICE and NHS PASA”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=5 Joining MTG] accessed 11.02.1011 </ref>
 
  
 
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MTG member organizations can be profiled at various events, such as:
As a member of the MTG, organizations can be profiled on a variety of events, such as:
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*The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat annual conferences
▪ “The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat annual conferences
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*'The Medical Technology Showcase in the Houses of Parliament where your technologies could be exhibited to MPs and Lords'
The Medical Technology Showcase in the Houses of Parliament where your technologies could be exhibited to MPs and Lords
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*Articles in MTG’s full-colour ‘Bulletin’ which reaches 1000 senior health decision-makers in parliament and the NHS”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=5 Joining MTG] accessed 11.02.1011 </ref>
Articles in the MTG’s full-colour ‘Bulletin’ which reaches 1,000 senior health decision-makers in parliament and the NHS”. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=5 Joining MTG] accessed 11.02.1011 </ref>
 
  
 
==Contacts==
 
==Contacts==
The MTG lists its PR and lobbying company, [[Weber Shandwick]], as the MTG's secretariat and contact point. Weber Shandwick is the UK subsidiary of Weber Shandwick Worldwide, one of the biggest global PR companies, owned by Interpublic. In 2006, the UK subsidiary had a fee income of £28 million. The company has strong ties to the Labour Party through its CEO Colin Byrne. <ref> Powerbase [http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Weber_Shandwick#People Weber Shandwick], accessed 29.03.2011 </ref> “Weber Shandwick is to lobby on behalf of a body pushing for greater use of technology in the NHS”. <ref> PR Week [http://www.prweek.com/news/768532/Healthcare-tech-group-enlists-WS/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH Healthcare Tech Group Enlists WS] 23.11.2007, accessed 16.04.2011 </ref>
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MTG secretariat email: mail@mtg.org.uk <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/download/file/pdf/MTG%20Bulletin%20Issue%2021.pdf Medical Technology – Can We Afford to Miss Out?] 21.12.2009, accessed 20.02.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
“The head office of Weber Shandwick UK and Ireland is located at:

 
 
 
Weber Shandwick
 
 
 
Fox Court

 
 
 
14 Gray's Inn Road

 
 
 
London

 
 
 
WC1X 8WS

 
 
 
Switchboard: 020 7067 0000

 
 
 
Fax: 0844 875 1463” <ref> Weber Shandwick [http://www.webershandwick.co.uk/company/contact Contact], accessed 29.03.2011] </ref>
 
 
 
"Weber Shandwick provides the Secretariat to the MTG". <ref> MTG and INPUT [http://www.technologyadoptioncentre.nhs.uk/assets/_files/documents/jun_10/nhs__1276784218_Medical_Technology_Group_Infor.pdf AUDIT OF INSULIN PUMP THERAPY PROVISION AT PRIMARY CARE TRUST (PCT) LEVEL TO BE PUBLISHED SOON] accessed 29.03.2011 </ref> If you want to contact the MTG secretariat, use this email: mail@mtg.org.uk <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/download/file/pdf/MTG%20Bulletin%20Issue%2021.pdf Medical Technology – Can We Afford to Miss Out?] 21.12.2009, accessed 20.02.2011 </ref>
 
  
 
==Management Committee==
 
==Management Committee==
“Members of the committee are:
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*Chair – [[Barbara Harpham]], [[Heart Research]] UK
 
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* Vice-Chair – [[Richard Phillips]], [[Medtronic]]
Chair – Barbara Harpham, Heart Research UK
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* Treasurer – [[Sandra Lawrence]], [[Stryker]]
 
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* [[John Davis]], [[INPUT]]
Vice-Chair – Richard Phillips, Medtronic
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* [[Joe Gatewood]], [[AdvaMed]]
 
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* [[Nathalie Verin]], [[Boston Scientific]]
Treasurer – Sandra Lawrence, Stryker
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* [[Kieran Murphy]], [[Johnson & Johnson]]
 
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* [[Joanna Fearnley]], [[Arrhythmia Alliance]] <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=3 Management Committee], accessed 11.02.2011 </ref>
John Davis, INPUT
 
 
 
Joe Gatewood, AdvaMed
 
 
 
Nathalie Verin, Boston Scientific
 
 
 
Kieran Murphy, Johnson & Johnson
 
 
 
Joanna Fearnley, Arrhythmia Alliance” <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=3 Management Committee], accessed 11.02.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
===Barbara Harpham===
 
Position of the MTG: Chair
 
 
 
Other job: National Director of Heart Research UK <ref> Heart Research UK [http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/news Lord Mayor of Hull Stops by for Healthy Heart Check] 13.04.2011, accessed 15.04.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
Info about the Hearth Research UK: Heart Research UK was founded in 1967. At this time, cardiac surgery carried serious risks and patients were dying unnecessarily because of the lack of research in heart disease, especially surgical techniques. Today, Heart Research UK is a visionary charity that leads the way funding ground breaking, innovative medical research projects at the cutting edge of science into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease. <ref> Heart Research UK [http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/aboutus About us], accessed 29.03.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
Further information about Barbara Harpham: Barbara was, until May 2007, a local Councillor, former Cabinet member and Group Leader on Redcar and Cleveland Council. <ref> Bob King & Associates [http://www.bkanda.co.uk/heart-research.html Foolproof Combination], accessed 04.04.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
 
Heart Research UK, Contact info:
 
 
 
Tel: 0113 234 7474

 
 
 
Email: info@heartresearch.org.uk
 
 
 
Heart Research UKs homepage: http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/
 
 
 
===Richard Phillips===
 
Position of the MTG: Vice-Chair
 
 
 
Other jobs: Gov.&Ind. Affairs Manager of Medtronic, and Director of IMSTA <ref> IMSTA [http://www.imsta.ie/node/44 Richard Devereaux-Phillips], accessed 14.03.2011 </ref>
 
  
Info about Medtronic: Medtronic was founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. They claim that they are now the global leader in medical technology, alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world <ref> Medtronic [http://www.medtronic.co.uk/about-medtronic/medtronic-uk/index.htm About Medtronic], accessed 04.04.2011 </ref>
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==Lobbying activities==
  
Info about IMSTA: IMSTA is the abbreviation for The Irish Medical and Surgical Trade Association, and was established in 1982 to represent the Medical Technology supply industry in Ireland. There goals is: “To improve patient outcomes by promoting better access to optimal medical technologies, to promote the value of the medical device supply industry, to foster an appropriate regulatory environment, and to promote a competitive marketplace. <ref> IMSTA [http://www.imsta.ie/ Welcome to IMSTA], accessed 04.04.2011 </ref>  
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===2008===
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Attended the 2008 Party Conferences, to 'raise awareness of the under-adoption of medical technology'. Offered MPs the chance to check they had healthy hearts.
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:MTG takes patients’ views to a wider group of MPs and Peers at our annual Parliamentary Showcase. MTG appeared regularly in the media, in 2008, to help policymakers and the public learn about the benefits of medical technology.  
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:In 2008 MTG worked with parliamentarians to table an amendment to the [[Health and Social Care Bill]]. It encouraged the [[Care Quality Commission]] to take into account medical technology’s ability to generate cost savings across Government. MTG had "regular meetings with NICE, and the meetings helped to ensure that insulin pumps were the very first technology to be the subject of a Commissioning Guide".
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:Submissions to NICE helped to convey patients’ views to this key public body, while briefings to Parliamentarians on current legislation like the Health Bill explained to MPs and Peers the views of members. <ref> MTG [http://www.mtg.org.uk/go.cfm?do=Page.Show&pid=14 MTG successes], accessed 20.02.2011 </ref>
  
Further information about Richard Phillips: Richard comes from Blackpool, Lancashire in England, and read a first degree in Sports Science at Brighton Polytechnic before entering the industry as a pharmaceutical representative with pharmaceutical company, Glaxo. “He has been with Medtronic since 1997 and holds postgraduate qualifications in Health Economics for the Universities of Aberdeen and Keele from where he also received an MBA in 2003. As well as IMSTA, Richard is active in the work of the Association of British Healthcare Industries, Eucomed and Advamed. Early in 2008, Richard spent 3 months living and working in Washington DC in Medtronic's Government Affairs Office. He currently serves as the Chair of ABHI's Parliamentary working group and as a member of the Technology Appraisal Advisory Committee of the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Away from work, Richard's major passion is the Cornish Pirates rugby team, for whom he sponsored a player for each of the last three seasons.” Richard and his wife, Luan, live in North Birmingham and West Cornwall, and got their first child in April 2009. <ref> IMSTA [http://www.imsta.ie/node/44 Richard Devereaux-Phillips], accessed 14.03.2011 </ref>
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===2009===
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MTG ran a number of campaigns throughout 2009, including: the publication of the MTG Action Plan, research into the wider societal benefits of medical technology, Parliamentary Showcase, and dedicated campaign activity.  
  
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Publication of MTG Action Plan: The report “Medical Technology – Can we afford to miss out?” which: :highlighted how the UK lags behind many other European countries in its uptake of proven effective technologies. The report gained broad media coverage, including from the BBC, HSJ and Pharma Times amongst others. The Action Plan has also been endorsed by front bench MPs from both the Conservative and Liberal Democrats. 


  
Richard Phillips, Contact info:
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:Research into the wider societal benefits of medical technology: MTG commissioned the York Health Economics Consortium to produce a report which would demonstrate the wider societal benefits of medical technologies, the first phase of this was completed in August.
  
Work tel: +44 (1)92 320 5128
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:The annual Parliamentary Showcase was held on 13 October at Portcullis House. 18 parliamentarians attended including MPs Norman Lamb and [[Sandra Gidley]] from the Shadow Lib Dem health team, high profile labour MPs, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Sir [[Alan Haselhurst]], and a number of Conservative and cross-bench peers with an interest in health. 


  
E-mail: richard.phillips@medtronic.com
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:MTG ran a number of dedicated campaigns, the first of these was around increasing the uptake of Insulin Pumps. MTG had liaised with a number of MPs and expect a series of outputs throughout 2010 <ref> ABHI [http://www.abhi.org.uk/key-issues/public-affairs/medical-technology-group.aspx Medical Technology Group], accessed 14.02.2011 </ref>
  
Medtronics homepage: http://www.medtronic.co.uk/
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See also MTG annual report for 2009: http://www.abhi.org.uk/multimedia/docs/briefings-in-public/Weber%20Shandwick%20presentation%20FINAL.pdf
  
IMSTAs homepage: http://www.imsta.ie/
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===2010===
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MTG's plan was to “utilise the recently launched Action Plan, focusing on Conservatives and wider stakeholders", and to “build links with think tanks, seek out speaking opportunities" and hold fringe events at events such as the RCN Congress”. MTG also wanted more press coverage in 2010 than the previous year and to focus on “patient need”. <ref> ABHI [http://www.abhi.org.uk/key-issues/public-affairs/medical-technology-group.aspx Medical Technology Group], accessed 14.02.2011 </ref>
  
 
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The Medical Technology Group (MTG) describes itself as "a coalition of patient groups, research charities and medical device manufacturers working to make medical technologies available to everyone who needs them."[1] The Group was launched in 2000 to lobby for medical technologies in the NHS.

Background

The global medical technology market is worth an estimated £150-170bn and the proportion of healthcare expenditure spent on medical technology is increasing.

The USA is the largest market worth over £70bn and has a strong supply base with most of world’s largest medical technology companies originating there. [2]

The UK medical technology sector in 2010 consisted of 3034 companies generating a turnover of £13.1bn and employing 55,000 individuals. Barbara Harpham, Medical Technology Group chairman and director of Heart Research UK claimed the UK lags behind many other European countries, with problems like hospitals denying patients NICE-approved technologies because they lack the facilities or staff to support their use.[3]

The UK spends just 4.5 per cent of its healthcare budget on technology, compared with a European average of 6.3%. MTG claims that this "leads to British patients missing out, for example life saving pacemakers are implanted in Germany at twice the UK rate”. [4]

MTG members

MTG consists of 40 members, and works as a partnership. It includes individual medical technology companies as well as trade associations.

AdvaMed, Abbot Medical Optics, AntiCoagulation Europe, ARMA, Arrhythmia Alliance, Arthritis Care, Atrial Fibrillation Association, Association of British Healthcare Industries, BD, Bladder and Bowel Foundation, Boston Scientific, British Cardiac Patients’ Association, Cardiomyopathy Association, Circulation Foundation, ConvaTec, CR Bard, Dexcom, Eucomed, FABLE, FEmISA, Heart Research UK, ICD Group, Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Info and Support, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, INPUT, Johnson & Johnson, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation, Medtronic, National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, The Patients Association, Patient Information Forum, Pelvic Pain Support Network, Roche Diagnostics, SADS UK, St Jude Medical, STARS, Stryker, Transplant Support Network, Zimmer.[5]

Lobbying for its members

Weber Shandwick

PR and lobbying company, Weber Shandwick provides the Secretariat to MTG and acts as its contact point. [6] [7]

Membership benefits

MTG sends out a weekly report to members with all relevant media coverage, parliamentary activity and government announcements. It includes information about MTG and Weber Shandwick activity “to keep all members in the loop”. [9] Membership also includes:

  • 'Access to professional public affairs advice on matters relating to the Group'
  • 'Training workshops on lobbying effectiveness, media training and other topics'
  • 'Opportunities to meet and network with MPs, patient and professional groups and regulatory bodies such as NICE and NHS PASA. [10]

MTG member organizations can be profiled at various events, such as:

  • The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat annual conferences
  • 'The Medical Technology Showcase in the Houses of Parliament where your technologies could be exhibited to MPs and Lords'
  • Articles in MTG’s full-colour ‘Bulletin’ which reaches 1000 senior health decision-makers in parliament and the NHS”. [11]

Contacts

MTG secretariat email: mail@mtg.org.uk [12]

Management Committee

Lobbying activities

2008

Attended the 2008 Party Conferences, to 'raise awareness of the under-adoption of medical technology'. Offered MPs the chance to check they had healthy hearts.

MTG takes patients’ views to a wider group of MPs and Peers at our annual Parliamentary Showcase. MTG appeared regularly in the media, in 2008, to help policymakers and the public learn about the benefits of medical technology.
In 2008 MTG worked with parliamentarians to table an amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill. It encouraged the Care Quality Commission to take into account medical technology’s ability to generate cost savings across Government. MTG had "regular meetings with NICE, and the meetings helped to ensure that insulin pumps were the very first technology to be the subject of a Commissioning Guide".
Submissions to NICE helped to convey patients’ views to this key public body, while briefings to Parliamentarians on current legislation like the Health Bill explained to MPs and Peers the views of members. [14]

2009

MTG ran a number of campaigns throughout 2009, including: the publication of the MTG Action Plan, research into the wider societal benefits of medical technology, Parliamentary Showcase, and dedicated campaign activity.

Publication of MTG Action Plan: The report “Medical Technology – Can we afford to miss out?” which: :highlighted how the UK lags behind many other European countries in its uptake of proven effective technologies. The report gained broad media coverage, including from the BBC, HSJ and Pharma Times amongst others. The Action Plan has also been endorsed by front bench MPs from both the Conservative and Liberal Democrats. 



Research into the wider societal benefits of medical technology: MTG commissioned the York Health Economics Consortium to produce a report which would demonstrate the wider societal benefits of medical technologies, the first phase of this was completed in August.
The annual Parliamentary Showcase was held on 13 October at Portcullis House. 18 parliamentarians attended including MPs Norman Lamb and Sandra Gidley from the Shadow Lib Dem health team, high profile labour MPs, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Alan Haselhurst, and a number of Conservative and cross-bench peers with an interest in health. 


MTG ran a number of dedicated campaigns, the first of these was around increasing the uptake of Insulin Pumps. MTG had liaised with a number of MPs and expect a series of outputs throughout 2010 [15]

See also MTG annual report for 2009: http://www.abhi.org.uk/multimedia/docs/briefings-in-public/Weber%20Shandwick%20presentation%20FINAL.pdf

2010

MTG's plan was to “utilise the recently launched Action Plan, focusing on Conservatives and wider stakeholders", and to “build links with think tanks, seek out speaking opportunities" and hold fringe events at events such as the RCN Congress”. MTG also wanted more press coverage in 2010 than the previous year and to focus on “patient need”. [16]

Notes

  1. MTG website About MTG, accessed Nov 2010
  2. Department for Business, Innovation & Skills Strength andOpportunity Dec 2010, accessed 28.03.2011
  3. "Nursing Times NHS "must boost use of technology" or risk falling behind 25.11.2009, accessed 09.04.2011
  4. MTG MTG Policy Statements, accessed 11.02.2011
  5. MTG Members, accessed 11.02.2011
  6. MTG and INPUT AUDIT OF INSULIN PUMP THERAPY PROVISION AT PRIMARY CARE TRUST (PCT) LEVEL TO BE PUBLISHED SOON accessed 29.03.2011
  7. PR Week Healthcare Tech Group Enlists WS 23.11.2007, accessed 16.04.2011
  8. PB Political Consulting profile 2015, Registrar of consultant lobbyists, accessed 8 February 2016
  9. Weber Shandwick. Medical Technology Group, 2009 End of year review and forward look accessed 02.04.2011
  10. MTG Joining MTG accessed 11.02.1011
  11. MTG Joining MTG accessed 11.02.1011
  12. MTG Medical Technology – Can We Afford to Miss Out? 21.12.2009, accessed 20.02.2011
  13. MTG Management Committee, accessed 11.02.2011
  14. MTG MTG successes, accessed 20.02.2011
  15. ABHI Medical Technology Group, accessed 14.02.2011
  16. ABHI Medical Technology Group, accessed 14.02.2011