Richard Granger
{{Short description|British businessman (born 1965)}}
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www2006.org/speakers/granger|title=Speakers - Richard Granger|publisher=15th International World Wide Web Conference - 2006|access-date=21 June 2011}} 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.{{cite web|author=Simons, Mike|title=Road congestion charge chief to run NHS IT|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2002/09/06/189486/Road-congestion-charge-chief-to-run-NHS-IT.htm|work=Computer Weekly|date=6 September 2002|access-date=26 June 2011}}
NHS
In 2002 Granger was appointed Director General of Information at the National Health Service,{{cite web|title=New Director General of NHS IT Appointed|url=http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=257|work=ehealth Insider|date=5 September 2002|access-date=26 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170626/http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=257|archive-date=27 September 2011}} with responsibility for the NHS IT centralisation scheme, NPfIT (National Programme for IT), later rebadged as NHS Connecting for Health or CfH.{{cite web|url=http://www.richardbacon.org.uk/speeches/110614_npfit_WH.html|title=Information Technology (NHS)|publisher=Richard Bacon (politician)(MP).org|access-date=21 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/public-sector/2011/05/nhs-it-system-condemned.html|title=NHS IT system condemned|publisher=computerweekly.com/blogs|date=18 May 2011|access-date=21 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1012/npfit.aspx|title=The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems|publisher=National Audit Office|access-date=21 June 2011}}
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,{{cite web |url=https://www.city.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-a-z |title=Honorary graduates A-Z {{!}} City University London |website=www.city.ac.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914103541/http://www.city.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates/honorary-graduates-a-z |archive-date=2013-09-14}} Chartered IT Professional status and advancement to Fellowship of the British Computer Society.{{cite web |title=BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT {{!}} BCS |url=https://wam.bcs.org/wam/memberdirectory.aspx?letter=G&grade=CBCS |website=bcs.org}} Granger was a member of the Advisory Panel for the production of the ITGI's COBIT 4.1 IT Governance Guide.{{Cite web|url=https://www.isaca.org/resources/cobit|title=COBIT | Control Objectives for Information Technologies|website=ISACA}}{{cite journal| pmc=1895653 | pages=1290–1291 | volume=334 | issue=7607 | journal=BMJ | title=Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health | year=2007 | doi=10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.db| last1=Cross | first1=Adrian O'Dowd and Michael }} 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.{{cite web |title=BBC - Radio 4 - Britain's Modern Brunels |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/britainsmodernbrunels.shtml |website=bbc.co.uk}}
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.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article665113.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604123317/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article665113.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2011 |title=Fat cats of the public sector take top pay |newspaper=The Times Online |access-date=31 May 2008 | location=London | first1=Jack | last1=Grimston | first2=Jon | last2=Kirk | date=8 October 2006}} Granger announced on 16 June 2007 that he would leave the agency "during the latter part" of 2007.[http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2784 E-Health Insider :: Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927170218/http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/item.cfm?ID=2784 |date=27 September 2011 }} He transitioned out of the role{{cite web|title=Granger to leave in transition by end of 2007|url=http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/primary-care/2784|work=ehealth Insider|date=16 June 2007|access-date=26 June 2011}} and left CfH in February 2008.{{cite web|title=Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH|url=http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/ehi/3454|work=ehealth Insider|date=7 February 2008|access-date=26 June 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3454/granger_era_ends_as_dg_leaves_cfh |publisher=E-Health Insider |title=Granger era ends as DG leaves CfH |access-date=31 May 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090106135314/http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3454/granger_era_ends_as_dg_leaves_cfh |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|url=http://www.bmj.com/content/334/7607/1290.3.extract|title=Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health|publisher=British Medical Journal|date=21 June 2011|doi=10.1136/bmj.39251.605475.DB|access-date=21 June 2011|last1=Cross|first1=Adrian O'Dowd and Michael|journal=BMJ|volume=334|issue=7607|pages=1290.3–1291|pmc=1895653}} 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".{{Cite news |last=Revill |first=Jo |last2=editor |first2=health |date=2006-11-12 |title=Health service IT boss 'failed computer studies' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/nov/12/epublic.technology |access-date=2024-11-14 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}} The scheme was later described as "one of the worst and most expensive contracting fiascos in the history of the public sector"{{Cite news |date=2013-09-18 |title=NHS IT system one of 'worst fiascos ever', say MPs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24130684 |access-date=2024-11-14 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
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