CIO of NHS IT resigns

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The head of NHS IT has quit, just months after taking over the position from his predecessor.

Matthew Swindells took up the position of chief information officer (CIO) at the Department of Health (DoH) after Richard Granger stepped down from his position as the head of the NHS Connecting for Health programme and the £12 billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

At the time of his resignation, Granger was the highest paid civil servant in the country, earning £290,000.

The Department of Health said in a statement: "Matthew Swindells will shortly leave the department at the end of his secondment from the NHS to take up an external appointment. This has been approved under the rules that govern the acceptance of outside appointments by civil servants, subject to certain conditions. In the meantime, the department is recruiting a chief information officer (CIO), at director general level, who will lead the development and delivery of the overall information strategy for the health and social care system."

Reports have suggested Swindells will be taking up a position at Tribal Group, a health care and public sector consultancy.

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