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RSS richard grangerGranger to depart NHS IT at end of year
News 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. [05 Dec 2007]
NHS dismisses £2.3bn IT programme delay
News The delay will nevertheless be a blow to NHS IT director general Richard Granger, who is tasked with pushing the programme through at an incredible pace because of its importance as one of the Labour Party's key re-election policies. [30 Sep 2003]
Are BT and C&W the NHS dreamteam - or the stuff of nightmares?
Comment Just over a month ago Richard Granger - the director of IT at the NHS or, put another way, the UK's highest paid civil servant at Europe's largest organisation - laid down a stark warning to suppliers: deliver, or else. [16 Jan 2003]
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 development. Granger also said the NHS is still suffering from an... [10 May 2006]
NHS claims IT success
News Speaking at a joint session of GC Expo, Smart Healthcare and Procurement Solutions on Tuesday, Connecting for Health chief executive Richard Granger gave delegates an update on what has so far been achieved in terms of core system delivery. [14 Jun 2007]
MPs slam NHS IT delays
News NHS CEO Sir Ian Carruthers and NHS director general of IT Richard Granger were grilled on the Connecting for Health programme by MPs during a heated Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting at the House of Commons this week. [27 Jun 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 Granger and explained our concerns to him. [25 Apr 2006]
BT and C&W to scrap for £700m NHS broadband deal
News The announcement is good news for NHS IT director general Richard Granger, with the N3 contract now set to be awarded by mid-February - more than a month ahead of schedule. Reports suggest that Granger's last minute decision to include voice as... [06 Feb 2004]
NHS to begin Sun desktop Linux trials
News NHS director general of IT Richard Granger, said in a statement: "Our evaluation of the Java Desktop System holds the promise of allowing a greater share of NHS funding to flow directly towards improved levels of Patient Service. [05 Dec 2003]
NHS goes all-electronic for scans and X-rays
News Speaking at the Government UK IT Summit in London today, NHS IT supremo Richard Granger said: "In its simplest form that's about films not being lost and not having to wait for films to be developed. Granger is almost aggrieved that it has taken... [11 May 2004]
Leader: A tale of two IT chiefs - Tesco vs the NHS
Leader NHS IT director general Richard Granger picked up his £280,000 for overseeing an ambitious £7bn - £6.2bn if you take out the digital picture archiving project - national programme to modernise the UK's health service. [30 May 2006]
Accenture to take $150m hit on NHS IT delays
News But Accenture took a hit on its margins due to delays on two of its £2bn NHS IT contracts, which led to payment being withheld in line with NHS IT chief Richard Granger's hardball policy for dealing with suppliers. [08 Apr 2005]
Leader: No to any NHS IT whitewash
Leader More interesting were the barbed exchanges between MPs, NHS IT director general Richard Granger and two of his now highly critical ex-colleagues, Professor Peter Hutton, who used to head the National Clinical Advisory Board, and Dr Anthony Nowlan... [27 Jun 2006]
Confusion as EDS dropped from NHS IT bidding
News The NPfIT, which is handling the bidding process under the leadership of Richard Granger, claims there is no crisis but will not give reasons why two major suppliers have left the race for one of the government's largest ever IT programmes in the... [15 Sep 2003]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News The two £200,000 per year posts will fill the IT director general post vacated by Richard Granger in January this year. At a Public Accounts Committee hearing into the National Programme for IT committee member Richard Bacon MP questioned the... [18 Jun 2008]
