#164 Creating the Causes of Health with Lord Nigel Crisp
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
🎬 Watch the podcast on YouTube here
📱 Download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for free
My guest today used to run the NHS. Lord Nigel Crisp was Chief Executive of the English NHS and Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health from 2000-2006.
He now works and writes mainly on global health with a focus on Africa. Lord Crisp is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Medicine. He was formerly a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and Regent’s Lecturer at Berkeley.
His current focus is on creating health and promoting the causes of health. Having worked in the NHS for over 20 years, the last 10 have been spent in Africa and India which has led him to think differently about health and well-being and health systems and public services more generally. Nigel believes organisations must all play their part in building a society and environment where communities and individuals can thrive and flourish. This goes far beyond the reach of the NHS and government and everyone has a role to play.
We have a fascinating conversation about:
- Developing the health workforce
- Why a salutogenic approach to health is key
- What we can learn from developing nations with far less budget
- The ideas of how interconnected and interdependent we are in health globally, just as we are in every other area of our lives.
This is a concept really brought to life with the most recent pandemic, but something that Lord Nigel has been writing and talking about for years.
His latest book, Turning the World Upside Down Again – global health in a time of pandemics, climate change and political turmoil is a fascinating read and one I hope many policymakers will read and put into action.
You can download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for free to get access to all of our recipes, with specific suggestions tailored to your health needs and new recipes added every month. We’ve had some amazing feedback so far and we have new features being added all the time - check it out with a 14 day free trial too.
Do check out this week’s “Eat, Listen, Read” newsletter, that you can subscribe to on our website - where I send you a recipe to cook as well as some mindfully curated media to help you have a healthier, happier week.
Check out the recipes and app here: https://apple.co/37PvMMX
Join the newsletter and 7 day meal plan here: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/
Check out the socials here: https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Holland and Barrett's The Wellness Edit Podcast. The fifth series of |
| 0:05.6 | The Wellness Edit is out now. The prior four series are obviously still available to stream, |
| 0:10.8 | and this season I am a guest on the podcast. You can hear me chat to host Dr. Gemma Newman |
| 0:17.1 | about the connection between our diet, our mind, the importance of gratitude, and what wellness |
| 0:23.2 | means to me. You can also go back and listen to a whole back catalogue of interviews with guests |
| 0:28.9 | including Ella Mills, Dr. Rungan Chatterjee and Emma Gunns. Listen to the podcast on the Holland |
| 0:34.8 | and Barrett website, HollandandBarrett.com for a slash podcast, or search The Wellness Edit to |
| 0:40.8 | listen wherever you get your podcasts. Dr's Kitchen. Recipes Health Lifestyle |
| 0:48.8 | The biggest correlation between health and money was not actually income, |
| 0:53.9 | though that was important, it was debt, and it was whether you were in personal debt. Now if you think |
| 0:59.5 | about that, the anxiety that comes with that, the inability to do things and all the rest of it, |
| 1:05.2 | there's a logic to that isn't that you can understand that. Welcome to The Dr's Kitchen podcast. |
| 1:14.8 | To show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 1:19.7 | I'm Dr. Rupi Your Host, I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition, and I'm a firm believer in |
| 1:27.7 | the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. Join me and my expert guests will we discuss the |
| 1:36.4 | multiple determinants of what allows you to lead your best life. |
| 1:40.6 | My guest today used to run the NHS. Lord Nigel Crisp was chief executive of the English, |
| 1:52.4 | NHS and permanent secretary of the UK Department of Health from 2000 to 2006. He now works and writes |
| 1:59.9 | mainly on global health with a focus on Africa, and Lord Crisp is a senior fellow at the Institute |
| 2:05.9 | for Healthcare Improvement and Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| 2:11.1 | and a foreign associate at the US National Academy of Medicine. He was also formally a distinguished |
| 2:16.1 | visiting fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and Regents Lecturer at Berkeley. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr Rupy Aujla, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr Rupy Aujla and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.