Richard Granger

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.

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.
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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. "Honorary graduates A-Z | City University London". www.city.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013.
8. "BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT | BCS". bcs.org.
9. "COBIT | Control Objectives for Information Technologies". ISACA.
10. 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.
11. "BBC - Radio 4 - Britain's Modern Brunels". bbc.co.uk.
12. Grimston, Jack; Kirk, Jon (8 October 2006). "Fat cats of the public sector take top pay". The Times Online. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
13. E-Health Insider :: Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007 Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
14. "Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007". ehealth Insider. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
15. "Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH". ehealth Insider. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
16. "Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH". E-Health Insider. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
17. Cross, Adrian O'Dowd and Michael (21 June 2011). "Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health". BMJ. 334 (7607). British Medical Journal: 1290.3–1291. doi:10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.DB. PMC 1895653. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
18. Revill, Jo; editor, health (12 November 2006). "Health service IT boss 'failed computer studies'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 14 November 2024. {{cite news}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
19. "NHS IT system one of 'worst fiascos ever', say MPs". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
20. "KPMG confirm appointment of Richard Granger, ex-NHS CIO". cio.co.uk. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2011.