Richard Granger (born c.1965) is a British management consultant and former UK civil servant who was Director General for the NHS's information technology project, Connecting for Health.

Early career

Granger worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and in the oil industry.[1] After Andersen he became a partner at Deloitte Consulting. At Deloitte he was responsible for procurement and delivery of a number of large scale IT programmes, including the Congestion Charging Scheme for London.[2]

NHS

In 2002 Granger was appointed Director General of Information at the National Health Service,[3] with responsibility for the NHS IT centralisation scheme, NPfIT (National Programme for IT), later rebadged as NHS Connecting for Health or CfH.[4][5][6]

He announced his resignation in June 2007, saying that he planned to return to the private sector.[7][8] He transitioned out of the role[9] and left CfH in February 2008.[10] Granger was recognised with a number of awards for his work in the NHS. These included an honorary doctorate in Public Health from Cass Business School, London,[11] Chartered IT Professional status and advancement to Fellowship of the British Computer Society.[12] Granger was a member of the Advisory Panel for the production of the ITGI's COBIT 4.1 IT Governance Guide.[13] On 26 April 2006 Granger was featured extensively in the BBC Programme 'Modern Brunels' regarding the Public Health benefits of more accessible information in the Health sector.[14] Many spoke highly of Granger following his announcement that he intended to return to the private sector, whilst others were critical of his management of the project.[15]

KPMG

After departing the NHS he joined KPMG as a partner[16] in 2008.

References

  1. ↑ "Speakers - Richard Granger". 15th International World Wide Web Conference - 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Simons, Mike (6 September 2002). "Road congestion charge chief to run NHS IT". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "New Director General of NHS IT Appointed". ehealth Insider. 5 September 2002. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Information Technology (NHS)". Richard Bacon (politician)(MP).org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "NHS IT system condemned". computerweekly.com/blogs. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems". National Audit Office. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Boss of troubled £12bn NHS computer project quits". The Sunday Times. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Cross, Adrian O'Dowd and Michael (21 June 2011). "Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health". BMJ. British Medical Journal. 334 (7607): 1290.3–1291. doi:10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.DB. PMC 1895653. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007". ehealth Insider. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH". ehealth Insider. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Honorary graduates A-Z | City University London". www.city.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT | BCS". bcs.org.
  13. ↑ "COBIT | Control Objectives for Information Technologies". ISACA.
  14. ↑ "BBC - Radio 4 - Britain's Modern Brunels". bbc.co.uk.
  15. ↑ Cross, Adrian O'Dowd and Michael (2007). "Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health". BMJ. 334 (7607): 1290–1291. doi:10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.db. PMC 1895653.
  16. ↑ "KPMG confirm appointment of Richard Granger, ex-NHS CIO". cio.co.uk. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2011.


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