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NHS IT director general Granger's salary revealed
News NHS IT chief Richard Granger has earned more than £1m in the four years since his appointment as director general of the £7bn Connecting for Health project in 2002. The salary details show that Granger started in the senior civil service pay band... [30 May 2006]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News On announcing his decision to step down from his position running the National Programme for IT in the NHS and as CEO of Connecting for Health (CfH) in June last year, Granger initially indicated he would leave in October last year. [15 Jan 2008]
NHS names top tech tag team
News Martin Bellamy will lead NHS Connecting for Health as the new director of programme and system delivery and will look at how to improve partner relationships. She'll work with various NHS leaders and bodies including NHS Connecting for Health, the... [07 Aug 2008]
Top IT job at NHS split into two
News The Department of Health advertised for a CIO to "focus on the big picture of delivering our overall IT vision" and a director of the IT programme and system delivery to "focus on managing NHS Connecting for Health and enhancing partnerships with... [28 Apr 2008]
Leader: No to any NHS IT whitewash
Leader Indeed, at a packed and at times extremely heated Public Accounts Committee meeting at the House of Commons yesterday evening, MPs accused the NAO of giving in to bullying by Department of Health officials and producing a "gushing" and... [27 Jun 2006]
NHS IT programme set to ditch failing suppliers
News The government has also revealed that the not so catchily titled NPfIT is to change its name to 'Connecting for Health', although it appears to have overlooked the fact there is already a health IT organisation by the same name in the US. [23 Mar 2005]
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 hits 18,000 broadband connections target
News Richard Granger, director general of the NHS Connecting for Health programme, said almost 97 per cent of GPs and more than a million NHS staff are now connected to N3. The N3 broadband backbone which is part of the £12.4bn NHS IT modernisation... [08 Feb 2007]
GPs get £1 a patient incentive to use NHS IT
News The Choose and Book system is part of the £6.2bn Connecting for Health (CfH) project to overhaul and modernise NHS IT systems - and it has had its critics. Health minister Ivan Lewis said there is now a total incentive pot of just over £50m... [13 Jun 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 Granger. [25 May 2006]
Granger 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 hits million electronic prescriptions milestone
News Tim Donohoe, NHS Connecting for Health group programme director, said in a statement: "This is a significant milestone in the deployment of the service. BT CEO Ben Verwaayen this week backed NHS IT director general Richard Granger, saying that... [16 May 2006]
Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News It has undoubtedly been a turbulent five years and opinion is strongly divided on whether his time in charge of the £12.4bn NHS computerisation programme - also known as Connecting for Health - has been a success. [18 Jun 2007]
NHS IT refresh to face independent inquiry
News NHS Connecting For Health said in a statement: "The representatives expressed their agreement with and support for the overall goals of the programme as expressed in the meeting. The government has claimed the programme will modernise the UK's... [25 Apr 2006]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Richard Granger
News With the programme now rebranded as Connecting for Health - from the more cumbersome National Programme for IT in the NHS - there is a definite shift in focus towards the public relations campaign to get the frontline health service staff onside. [12 Sep 2005]
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