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News The NHS announced in April that it would split the old NHS IT director general role in two following the departure of the previous holder of the post, Richard Granger, at the beginning of the year. The... [07 Aug 2008]
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... [18 Jun 2008]
Top IT job at NHS split into two
News IT at the NHS will now be overseen by two £200,000-per-year executives, as compared to the previous single £280,000 IT director general post - filled by Richard Granger until January this... [28 Apr 2008]
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... [15 Apr 2008]
NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn
News It also lost its leader, Richard Granger, late last year. The £12.4bn national NHS IT project will save the health service £1.14bn by 2014, a government report claims. The first annual Benefits Statement... [13 Mar 2008]
NHS online referrals hit six million
News Richard Granger, the director general of NPfIT is due to step down later this year, leaving a significant legacy. The NHS online referral system, Choose and Book, has recently passed six million patient... [24 Jan 2008]
Confusion over Granger's NHS departure
News Confusion surrounds the future of the job running the NHS' £12.4bn flagship IT programme and the timetable for the departure of director-general Richard Granger. On announcing his decision to step down... [15 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News Richard Granger, director-general of the NHS IT programme is due to formally step down from his role at the end of this year. The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital x-ray and scanning... [27 Dec 2007]
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... [05 Dec 2007]
Are you a CIO 2.0?
News Kost added the only true government CIO 2.0 in Europe is the director general of IT for the NHS, Richard Granger. The role of the government CIO is evolving, becoming less about merely supporting... [07 Nov 2007]
Surprise bidder makes a play for iSoft
News The late delivery of Lorenzo has been widely identified as a thorn in the side of the NHS' National Programme for IT (NPfIT), causing the departure of consulting giant Accenture from the project and quite possibly contributing to the... [23 Jul 2007]
How will IT fare under Gordon Brown?
News Earlier this month Richard Granger announced his intention to stand down as head of the NHS IT. How will public sector IT fare under the UK's new Prime Minister? IT chiefs and analysts predict some key... [28 Jun 2007]
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]
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... [20 Jun 2007]
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.... [18 Jun 2007]
