Richard Granger (born c.1965) is a British

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and former UK civil servant who was Director General for the

NHS The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

's information technology project,

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Early career

Granger worked for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and in the oil industry. 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.

NHS

In 2002 Granger was appointed Director General of Information at the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

, with responsibility for the NHS IT centralisation scheme, NPfIT (National Programme for IT), later rebadged as

NHS Connecting for Health The NHS Connecting for Health (CFH) agency was part of the UK Department of Health and was formed on 1 April 2005, having replaced the former NHS Information Authority. It was part of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate, with the role ...

or CfH. He announced his resignation in June 2007, saying that he planned to return to the private sector. He transitioned out of the role and left CfH in February 2008. 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, Chartered IT Professional status and advancement to Fellowship of the British Computer Society. Granger was a member of the Advisory Panel for the production of the ITGI's COBIT 4.1 IT Governance Guide. 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. Many spoke highly of Granger following his announcement that he intended to return to the private sector, whilst others were critical of his management of the project.

KPMG

After departing the NHS he joined

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as a partner in 2008.

References

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