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NHS CIO jumps ship
And crosses to private sector

By Tim Ferguson

Published: Tuesday 15 April 2008

The NHS CIO is to step down at the end of April, just months after taking the post.

Matthew Swindells was acting as interim boss of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) following the departure of NHS IT director general, Richard Granger, at the beginning of the year.

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The Department of Health (DoH) confirmed Swindells - who has been working for the department for three and a half years - is moving out of the public sector to work for Tribal Group, a consultancy to the public sector.

The department is currently in the process of recruiting a director-general-level CIO to act as a full time replacement for Granger.

The new recruit will lead development and delivery of the overall tech strategy for both the health and social care systems.

Find out what Richard Granger's legacy has been after five years in charge of the NPfIT here.