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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust x Matternet

Matternet (Apr 24 2026) says it began Central London NHS drone delivery operations with Apian, using the Matternet M2 to connect two busy hospital campuses on bi-directional routes for diagnostic samples, lab specimens, pharmaceuticals, and other time-sensitive payloads. The launch is Matternet's first UK operation and is framed as building toward a city-wide NHS medical drone network (company-stated).

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Type
technology
Status
Activejust announced
Announced
2026-04-24
6 months ago
Active for
6 months

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is a major London teaching hospital that pioneered robotic-assisted surgery in the UK. The Trust operates the UK's largest robotic surgery programme with seven da Vinci and Hugo robotic surgical systems, and was the first in the UK to complete 10,000 da Vinci operations. It is a key deployment site for [Intuitive Surgical](/companies/intuitive-surgical) da Vinci and Hugo platforms.

HQLondon, UKguysandstthomas.nhs.uk1 partnerships

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Matternet is a drone delivery company that designs, builds, and operates autonomous drone networks for ultra-fast, low-cost, zero-emission package delivery, primarily serving healthcare systems. The company's [Matternet M2](/models/matternet-m2) became the world's first FAA type-certified drone delivery platform in 2023. Matternet went public via a reverse merger in May 2026, raising $33M in private placement, and operates drone delivery networks for the NHS in London, WakeMed in North Carolina, and UPS partnerships.

HQMountain View, CA, USAmatternetwork.com4 partnerships

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.matternet.com/
  2. https://www.matternet.com/newsroom/matternet-launches-nhs-operations-in-london

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