Dr Parth Patel

Associate director for democracy & politics

Parth leads IPPR’s work on democracy and politics.

He also works on public health and inequality. Parth’s research includes studying the sway of underpowered communities over the course of public policy, the contours of social democracy in the 21st century and policies to reduce health inequality.

His research has generated front-page headlines and is often cited in parliamentary debates and committees. Parth is a regular commentator on TV and radio, appearing on BBC News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, Sky News and LBC, and writes for several periodicals, including the New Statesman, Prospect and the British Medical Journal.

Parth is also a doctor in the NHS and was working full-time in an accident and emergency department during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also is a clinical fellow at University College London where he tries to make sense of complex data to better understand race and class inequalities during the pandemic. Parth holds degrees in natural sciences and medicine from the University of Cambridge.

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  1. Dr Parth Patel discussing social cohesion on GB News with Nigel Farage

  2. London, a busy street outside the houses of parliament, with blurred people walking in front of the grand building

    Facing the future: Progressives in a changing world

    Progressive parties need a new set of defining and guiding ideas to challenge the populist radical right.

  3. Dr Parth Patel on BBC Politics Live discussing net zero, GDP, taxes, prisons and the EU

  4. Dr Parth Patel on BBC Politics Live

  5. A sign for a polling station next to a block of flats

    Modernising elections: How to get voters back

    Elections are the defining feature of modern democracy. They are the process by which we express a desired future en masse. It is the mass dimension that matters most; it is the mass dimension that is receding.
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    From the frontline: Empowering staff to drive the NHS reform agenda

    England’s over-centralised health service is misfiring. That much is clear. Less clear is how to fix it.