Ragit Varia is a Consultant in Acute Medicine at Whiston Hospital, Mersey & West Lancashire NHS Trust since 2012.

In acute cancer care, he is the medical lead for urgent cancer care programme with the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance, having led on a pilot cancer virtual ward and working to develop oncology same day emergency care pathways and processes.

He is also the Trust Lead for Same Day Emergency Care and Acute Kidney Injury Lead. Regionally within the North West is the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) clinical focus area lead with AQUA.

He has a role of content lead with the RCP Medical Care Driving Change project within the RCP care quality improvement directorate.

He also has a role on the Society for Acute Medicine Council as the clinical digital lead.