Ara Darzi

Nov 12, 2024 | bmj.com | Ara Darzi

Ara Darzi, executive chair of the Fleming Initiative, Paul Hamlyn chair of surgeryImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UKAction to prevent antimicrobial resistance from escalating requires dedicated funding, accessible diagnostics, and public engagement, writes Ara DarziAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the starkest public health challenges of our time. As bacteria evolve and develop resistance to treatment, antibiotics and other drugs become ineffective.

Sep 26, 2024 | almendron.com | Ara Darzi

I have spent much of my career at St Mary’s Hospital, in London, a short walk from the laboratory where in 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming made his epoch-defining discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic. Millions of lives have been saved since and the drugs were once thought to have put an end to infectious disease. But that dream has died as bacteria resistant to antibiotics have grown and multiplied.

Sep 18, 2024 | msn.com | Ara Darzi

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Sep 18, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ara Darzi

When the secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, asked me to investigate the state of the NHS, I thought I knew what we would find. All of us who have worked in the NHS in recent years have known it was under pressure. But, as a surgeon, I am used to seeing just one piece of the puzzle. Hearing the experiences of millions of patients and staff across the country brought together left me shocked and angry.

Jul 26, 2024 | bmj.com | Ara Darzi

Ara Darzi, Paul Hamlyn, chair of surgery, director12341Imperial College London2Royal Marsden Hospital3Institute of Cancer Research4Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College LondonWhen Wes Streeting, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, asked me to lead a review of the NHS, I was delighted to help. The NHS is a great British institution, which I have had the honour to work in for over 30 years as a surgeon.