Lord Nigel Crisp

Former chief executive officer

National Health Service (NHS)

Lord Nigel Crisp is an independent crossbench member of the House of Lords where he co-Chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health. Along with his previous position at the NHS, he was Permanent Secretary of the UK Department of Health between 2000 and 2006 and Chief Executive of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust. Lord Crisp chairs many organisations including Sightsavers and the Kings Partners Global Health Advisory Board. Other positions include senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and distinguished visiting fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Lord Crisp has written extensively on health, his books include “Turning the world upside down - the search for global health in the 21st Century” and “24 Hours to Save the NHS – the Chief Executive’s account of reform 2000 – 2006”.

 

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