Ed Matthews leads the Patient Safety and Healthcare design work at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Royal College of Art in London following thirty years of experience in design and technology consulting, including a period of running a successful design firm.

His career as an engineer, designer and researcher has focused on product development and has specialised in medical devices and healthcare products since 1990.

His academic background includes a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering with French from the University of Bath, followed by a MDesRCA in Industrial Design from the Royal College of Art.

He is a key member of the team developing an intelligent resuscitation trolley in partnership with the National Patient Safety Agency, St Mary’s Hospital Paddington and Imperial College, is running a major ambulance redesign project and supervising several of the Helen Hamlyn Centre’s research projects with industry partners.