Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health

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Richard Granger resigns as chief executive of Connecting for Health

Adrian O'Dowd and Michael Cross

London

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The NHS's electronic care records system is on track to be rolledout next year despite the sudden resignation of Richard Granger,who was in charge of implementing the system, the Departmentof Health claims.

Mr Granger is chief executive of the Department of Health agencyConnecting for Health, which is responsible for new informationtechnology (IT) systems in the NHS. He announced his departuretwo days after giving reassurances to MPs as part of the healthselect committee's inquiry into electronic patient records.

Although Mr Granger will stay in the post until October, thereare fears that his departure could destabilise the £12.4bn( ${euro}$ 18.3bn; $24.4bn) National Programme for IT in the NHS.

The programme includes electronic prescription and appointmentbooking services, a patients' care records service, and an xray archiving and electronic transmission system.

MPs asked Mr Granger about current concerns over the core informationexchange system . . . [Full text of this article]

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