Praise for departed head of CfH
With the news of Richard Granger’s departure as head of Connecting for Health, a number of the key individuals he has worked with offered their praise. The DH made clear that it will not replace him directly but with a DH CIO and CfH director of programme and systems delivery: “Matthew Swindells will act as […]
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Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH
Richard Granger has left NHS Connecting for Health, the NHS IT agency responsible for the £12.4bn NHS IT programme, he has led for the past five years.
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Announcement on CfH future due in ‘weeks’
The future of NHS IT agency, Connecting for Health, remains unclear as 2007 ends, with the Department of Health saying that arrangements have yet to be finalised. The DH says “Interim management arrangements are being finalised and an announcement will be made in the next few weeks.” The uncertanty extends to the exact status of […]
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Ex-CfH CTO’s firm earns £46.3m from NPfIT
An IT consultant who worked as Chief Technology Officer of NHS Connecting for Health for three years is also the senior partner of an IT consultancy firm – ASE Consulting – that has so far earned over £46m from the NHS IT Programme in consultancy fees. E-Health Insider has learned that Alan Duncan McNeil, who […]
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Lesson from history
A radio programme looked back at the progress of the National Programme for IT. Linda Davidson tuned in.
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Unclear whether Granger will be replaced
The Department of Health has rejected strong rumours that one of its senior policy advisers, Matthew Swindells, has been appointed interim chief executive of NHS Connecting for Health, replacing Richard Granger. In a statement to E-Health Insider the department that suggests Granger may not be replaced and that following review of NHS IT now underway, the current Connecting for […]
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Worthing to switch on Millennium PAS
Worthing Hospital NHS Trust will this weekend become the latest hospital in the South of England to go live with a new patient administration system from Fujitsu. The trust will switch over to the Cerner Millennium PAS software, known as Cerner release zero, under the multi-billion NHS IT programme. Worthing will become the seventh NHS […]
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No ‘ex gratia payments’ for CfH boss
Ministers have said there are no plans to give outgoing Connecting for Health-boss Richard Granger a golden handshake, when he officially steps down as head of the DH IT agency. In response to a parliamentary question health minister Ben Bradshaw said "There are no plans to make any ex gratia payments to the Director General […]
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Granger’s successor remains a mystery
Richard Granger’s successor as chief executive of Connecting for Health and director general of IT at the Department of Health is still unknown, twelve weeks after he announced his resignation in transition from the post. Enquiries from E-Health Insider this week have been unable to clarify when Granger will officially leave CfH, and more intriguingly […]
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Granger had team ready to take over Lorenzo
Connecting for Health in June had a team on stand-by in India in June ready to take over iSoft if it was unable to agree terms with Computer Sciences Corporation that would allow it to be bought by a rival. The confirmation that a rescue team for iSoft’s Lorenzo software had been set up by […]
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