Dr Ravi Jayaram is a Consultant Paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital. He co-presented the Channel 4's series Born Naughty? and co-presented the ITV Tonight programme After Lucy Letby: Silence on the Wards? which explored the difficulties faced by doctors trying to raise patient safety concerns. Ravi has appeared on ITV’s This Morning and the BBC's The One Show as a guest in studio and presented a film on NHS staffing issues. Dr Ravi has also taken part in a discussion on BBC's Sunday Morning Live, on whether life and death decisions should be left to doctors and featured on the Channel 4 health series How To Stay Well. He has presented episodes of the Accelerating Health podcast exploring...
Dr Ravi Jayaram is a Consultant Paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
He co-presented the Channel 4’s series Born Naughty? and co-presented the ITV Tonight programme After Lucy Letby: Silence on the Wards? which explored the difficulties faced by doctors trying to raise patient safety concerns.
Ravi has appeared on ITV’s This Morning and the BBC’s The One Show as a guest in studio and presented a film on NHS staffing issues. Dr Ravi has also taken part in a discussion on BBC’s Sunday Morning Live, on whether life and death decisions should be left to doctors and featured on the Channel 4 health series How To Stay Well. He has presented episodes of the Accelerating Health podcast exploring the bright spots, new initiatives, and partnerships supporting resilient health systems during COVID-19 and in the future. He has also been a contributor to the mid-morning show on the BBC Asian Network as a child health “guru”.
Ravi completed his undergraduate training in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and trained in paediatrics in the north-east of England, Bristol, New South Wales and London. He deals with many aspects of child health but has a particular interest in asthma, cystic fibrosis and other childhood lung disorders as well as in behavioural paediatrics, medical education and care of critically ill children.
In his spare time, he competes in triathlons, sings with a band and is a member of The Weakest Link winners club.
