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Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News After five years in charge of the biggest IT project in the world NHS IT director-general Richard Granger has announced he is to step down later this year. Top 10 Richard Granger quotes Granger has always been quick to head off any criticism of the... [18 Jun 2007]
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 election policy has been reflected in Richard... [12 Sep 2005]
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 in the world. [26 May 2006]
Top 10 Richard Granger quotes
News NHS IT director general Richard Granger announced he is to quit the post later this year after five years in charge of the world's biggest civilian IT project - the £12.4bn national NHS IT programme. Always outspoken and usually aiming his often... [18 Jun 2007]
BT to pay up after missing NHS deadlines
News Yesterday NHS IT supremo Richard Granger revealed at a press conference that BT had missed a couple of deadlines and that it would be paying an undisclosed six-figure sum to account for it. A research note issued by analyst house Ovum said: "This... [04 Jun 2004]
Brampton Factor: Public sector woes
Comment The planned departure of Richard Granger points up the issue of big projects outlasting any of the people holding responsibility. As Gordon Brown heads for 10 Downing Street it is worth having another look at his old claim that IT expenditures... [20 Jun 2007]
Leader: Government IT leaders on verge of new era
Leader NHS IT director general Richard Granger has just appointed a sidekick in Professor Aidan Halligan to help execute the delivery of the billions of pounds of IT contracts that have just been awarded. The likes of Richard Granger and John Yard have... [05 May 2004]
Now Whitehall signs up to desktop Linux trials
News Some suggested that NHS director general of IT, Richard Granger, was using Sun as a bargaining tool to force Microsoft down on licence costs. If all Granger does is beat down Microsoft on price then well done Richard Granger," he said. [09 Dec 2003]
NHS CIO jumps ship
News 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. Find out what Richard Granger's legacy has been after... [15 Apr 2008]
NHS IT watch
News The government appointed Richard Granger as the 'NHS IT Czar' to oversee the delivery of the programme and back in December he laid out his stall, saying suppliers must perform, or else. Richard Granger's draconian confidentiality clauses for... [22 Sep 2003]
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: "Richard Granger is doing a good job. [16 May 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 22.06.07
Round-Up Also moving on, though not exactly shuffling off this mortal coil, is Richard Granger, the NHS IT chief, who this week announced his plans to shed the poisoned chalice of modernising the health sector's IT. [22 Jun 2007]
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 at a silicon.com public sector briefing... [05 Oct 2005]
New NHS IT 'czar' to work with doctors on £2.3bn tech overhaul
News The Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Aidan Halligan, will work as a joint director general of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS alongside Richard Granger. Now that all the IT contracts have been awarded Granger will be allowed... [22 Mar 2004]
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]
