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Devi Sridhar

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Devi Sridhar

    Britons are not ageing healthily – we need to learn from countries that have made it a priority | Devi Sridhar (opens the original)

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    Although we’re living longer, the data on healthy life expectancy in the UK isn’t good. Andy Burnham must reverse this trend to protect the NHS and social care Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon) The prime minister has put forward his bold proposal for a universal, NHS-style social care service. In doing so, Andy Burnham has put the spotlight back on one of the major challenges facing almost everywhere

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Devi Sridhar

    We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar (opens the original)

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    I suspect nearly all of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term health Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh When I was a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford in the early 2000s, I interviewed for a major consulting firm. All my friends were being recruited, and I thought why not give it a shot? Aside from the usual maths-proficiency test (how quickly can you crunch

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Devi Sridhar

    Free cholesterol tests on the NHS are great – but here’s the five-point health MOT I’d really like to see | Devi Sridhar (opens the original)

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    You could be walking around symptom-free and not know you’re pre-diabetic, living with hypertension or at a high risk of a heart attack Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” Benjamin Franklin’s adage goes. Yet that simple prescription has been hard to follow in the current NHS. As has been frequently highlighted, one of the biggest challenges for the health system is not just how much we spend

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Devi Sridhar

    From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar (opens the original)

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    Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. Here, we call it common sense Prof Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Every few months, there are more shocking headlines about the behaviour of England’s water companies. The latest are about the ever-increasing pay of the chief executives and chief financial officers, which rose to a total of £25.3m across 14 companies over the pas

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Devi Sridhar

    As Ebola kills thousands in DRC, a perfect storm is making the virus hard to stop | Devi Sridhar (opens the original)

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    New species and regional instability are factors – but decisions made in the US and Britain are also costing lives Did you know that there is a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it’s on track to be the deadliest ever? It is already the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history, with the fastest community transmission we have ever seen. It’s estimated that there have been at least 4,900 cases and more than 2,300 deaths, giving a mortality rate close to 50%. The situat

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