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Interview: NHS IT director general Richard Granger
Comment That's NHS IT chief Richard Granger's response to the mounting criticism of the 10-year £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, which has been described as the largest civil IT project... [26 May 2006]
NHS IT chief warns against local budget cuts
News The financial meltdown in some healthcare authorities across the country will not hit funding for the rollout of the £7bn Connecting for Health (CfH) modernisation programme, according to NHS IT director general Richard... [25 May 2006]
NHS hits million electronic prescriptions milestone
News BT CEO Ben Verwaayen this week backed NHS IT director general Richard Granger, saying that critics of the project had got the scale of the problems out of proportion. He told The Sunday Times:... [16 May 2006]
Offshoring an "unstoppable force", says NHS IT chief
News Offshoring is an "unstoppable force" according to Richard Granger, the director general for NHS IT. Granger told the conference: "At the moment the line for us is application... [10 May 2006]
NHS IT refresh to face independent inquiry
News A group of UK computer academics met with Richard Granger, NHS IT director general, last Thursday to discuss their concerns about the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). We visited... [25 Apr 2006]
Analysis: Can the public sector attract IT high-flyers?
Comment Richard Granger, charged with running the procurement and delivery of the £6.2bn Connecting for Health NHS IT modernisation project was rumoured to have been lured from his position as partner at... [20 Apr 2006]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News The Department of Health (DoH) is dragging its feet over releasing details of NHS IT chief Richard Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses despite a request made by silicon.com under the Freedom of... [20 Apr 2006]
French learn how to do IT from NHS
News Managers from the French electronic health record institute met NHS IT director general, Richard Granger, and their day's tour included sessions on system procurement and the technical approach to the... [03 Mar 2006]
Can IT save public sector billions?
News In November 2005, Richard Granger, director general of IT for the NHS, revealed that the whole project could be derailed by problems with a system allowing patients to book their own... [20 Feb 2006]
UK CIOs to be rewarded for innovation
News On the shortlist for public sector CIO of the year are Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT; Simon Norbury, head of ICT at Westminster City Council; Steve Palmer, IT director at the London Borough... [16 Jan 2006]
NHS targets £75m savings through Novell deal
News Richard Granger, director general of NHS IT, said the deal reduces the burden on NHS Trusts and organisations who would otherwise have to negotiate terms separately. Granger said: "This... [05 Dec 2005]
Digital pens write "the end" for paper
News Last month NHS IT director general Richard Granger described the reliance on paper records in the health service as a risk. The public sector is declaring war on paper as it tries to make services more... [03 Nov 2005]
Target overload hits public sector IT
News Earlier this week NHS IT director general Richard Granger criticised some of the targets he has been set. Public sector organisations are struggling to cope with pointless targets and are being hampered... [06 Oct 2005]
NHS IT: Are there better ways of measuring IT?
News The success of the £6.2bn NHS IT modernisation programme should be better linked to the quality of the service delivered to patients, according to the director general of NHS IT Richard Granger. Speaking... [05 Oct 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Richard Granger
News Today we catch up with the man in charge of the £6bn NHS IT modernisation programme, Richard Granger. The importance of the NHS's £6bn IT overhaul to the wider government efficiency agenda and Labour's... [12 Sep 2005]
