Matthew works as Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, leading a small team of thoracic oncology nurses. He qualified as a nurse in 1988 and undertook his oncology training at Christie Hospital in Manchester. He has worked in several London hospitals, but rarely far away from patients with cancers of the lung. He completed his PhD in 2020 at Sheffield Hallam University with the support of a LCNUK Studentship. He is currently undertaking a small research project looking at the experience of patients diagnosed long-term with pleural mesothelioma and their carers, supported with a research grant from Mesothelioma UK.