Richard Granger Explained

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]

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,[7] Chartered IT Professional status and advancement to Fellowship of the British Computer Society.[8] Granger was a member of the Advisory Panel for the production of the ITGI's COBIT 4.1 IT Governance Guide.[9] [10] 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.[11]

In October 2006, he was suggested by The Sunday Times to be the highest paid civil servant, on a basic of £280,000 per year, £100,000 per year more than then-Prime Minister Tony Blair.[12] Granger announced on 16 June 2007 that he would leave the agency "during the latter part" of 2007.[13] He transitioned out of the role[14] and left CfH in February 2008.[15] [16] [17] His credentials were questioned by his own mother, a campaigner for the preservation of local health services in her area, who expressed her amazement at his appointment, criticising the NHS Connecting for Health scheme as "a gross waste of money".[18] The scheme was later described as "one of the worst and most expensive contracting fiascos in the history of the public sector"[19]

KPMG

After departing the NHS he joined KPMG as a partner[20] in 2008.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speakers - Richard Granger. 15th International World Wide Web Conference - 2006. 21 June 2011.
  2. Web site: Simons, Mike. Road congestion charge chief to run NHS IT. Computer Weekly. 6 September 2002. 26 June 2011.
  3. Web site: New Director General of NHS IT Appointed. ehealth Insider. 5 September 2002. 26 June 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170626/http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=257. 27 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Information Technology (NHS). Richard Bacon (politician)(MP).org. 21 June 2011.
  5. Web site: NHS IT system condemned. computerweekly.com/blogs. 18 May 2011. 21 June 2011.
  6. Web site: The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems. National Audit Office. 21 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Honorary graduates A-Z City University London . www.city.ac.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130914103541/http://www.city.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-a-z . 2013-09-14.
  8. Web site: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT BCS . bcs.org.
  9. Web site: COBIT | Control Objectives for Information Technologies. ISACA.
  10. 1895653 . 1290–1291 . 334 . 7607 . BMJ . Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health . 2007 . 10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.db. Cross . Adrian O'Dowd and Michael .
  11. Web site: BBC - Radio 4 - Britain's Modern Brunels . bbc.co.uk.
  12. News: Fat cats of the public sector take top pay . https://archive.today/20110604123317/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article665113.ece . dead . 4 June 2011 . The Times Online . 31 May 2008 . London . Jack . Grimston . Jon . Kirk . 8 October 2006.
  13. http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2784 E-Health Insider :: Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007
  14. Web site: Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007. ehealth Insider. 16 June 2007. 26 June 2011.
  15. Web site: Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH. ehealth Insider. 7 February 2008. 26 June 2011.
  16. Web site: Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH . E-Health Insider . 31 May 2008 . https://archive.today/20090106135314/http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3454/granger_era_ends_as_dg_leaves_cfh . 6 January 2009 . dead .
  17. Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health. British Medical Journal. 21 June 2011. 10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.DB. 21 June 2011. Cross. Adrian O'Dowd and Michael. BMJ. 334. 7607. 1290.3–1291. 1895653.
  18. News: Revill . Jo . editor . health . 2006-11-12 . Health service IT boss 'failed computer studies' . 2024-11-14 . The Observer . en-GB . 0029-7712.
  19. News: 2013-09-18 . NHS IT system one of 'worst fiascos ever', say MPs . 2024-11-14 . BBC News . en-GB.
  20. Web site: KPMG confirm appointment of Richard Granger, ex-NHS CIO. cio.co.uk. 9 September 2008. 21 June 2011.

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