Granger to depart NHS IT at end of year

The head of the £12.4bn NHS IT programme will step down from his role in charge of the project at the end of this year.

NHS IT director-general Richard Granger announced his plan to leave his role in charge of the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) and Connecting for Health (CfH) in June and the timetable for his departure has now been confirmed.

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No replacement for Granger has been appointed yet and an NHS CfH spokeswoman said there will be a review of the "management arrangements" for taking the NHS IT programme forward.

This will form part of NHS CEO David Nicholson's wider review of how the health service uses informatics and technology to improve patient care.

The CfH spokeswoman told silicon.com: "We expect to be able to outline this before the end of the year. In the meantime, Richard Granger and his team continue to do an excellent job in leading the programme."

Former Andersen and Deloitte management consultant Granger took on the NHS IT role in 2002 after delivering the London Congestion Charge scheme.

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