Richard Granger

Richard Granger (born c.1964) is a British management consultant and former UK civil servant responsible for the NHS's information technology project, Connecting for Health, believed by some to have been the "one of the largest-scale failures" in the history of IT.[1]

Early career

He attended Bristol University and initially studied computer sciences but, having failed the course, went on to obtain a 2:2 degree in Geology.[2]

Granger worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and in the oil industry.[3] 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.[4]

NHS

In 2002 Granger was appointed Director General of Information at the National Health Service,[5] with responsibility for the NHS IT centralisation scheme, NPfIT (National Programme for IT), later rebadged as NHS Connecting for Health or CfH.[6][7][8] He announced his resignation in June 2007, saying that he planned to return to the private sector.[9][10] He transitioned out of the role[11] and left CfH in February 2008.[12]

KPMG

After departing the NHS he joined KPMG as a partner[13] in 2008. By then Accenture and Fujitsu had left the programme,[14] Computer Sciences Corporation remained as the last locality service provider, with BT providing networking and other services. The main contractor's difficulties had been accentuated by the investigation of iSoft.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Sampson, "Whistleblowing for health", JBPC Vol. 12 (2012), p 37-43. Accessed 14 January 2015
  2. ↑ "Health service IT boss 'failed computer studies'". The Guardian. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Speakers - Richard Granger". 15th International World Wide Web Conference - 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Simons, Mike (6 September 2002). "Road congestion charge chief to run NHS IT". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "New Director General of NHS IT Appointed". ehealth Insider. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Information Technology (NHS)". Richard Bacon (politician)(MP).org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "NHS IT system condemned". computerweekly.com/blogs. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "Boss of troubled £12bn NHS computer project quits". The Sunday Times. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health". British Medical Journal. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007". ehealth Insider. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH". ehealth Insider. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "KPMG confirm appointment of Richard Granger, ex-NHS CIO". cio.co.uk. 9 September 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  14. ↑ "Accenture quits £2bn NHS contracts". Financial Times.com. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  15. ↑ "iSoft was central to Accenture's NHS pull-out". ZDNet. 28 September 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
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