News
Two senior management appointments for NHS National Programme for IT
announced
12 August 2008
The Department of Health has announced the two long-awaited senior
management appointments for the National Programme for IT. The two
positions replace Richard Granger, Director General of NPfIT, who left
earlier this year.
The Department announced in February that it was recruiting the two
positions as part of a revised governance structure for handling
informatics in the Department of Health.
Christine Connelly will be the first Chief Information Officer for
Health and will focus on developing and delivering the Department's
overall information strategy and integrating leadership across the NHS
and associated bodies including NHS Connecting for Health and the NHS
Information Centre for Health and Social Care.
Christine Connelly was previously Chief Information Officer at
Cadbury Schweppes with direct control of all IT operations and projects.
She also spent over 20 years at BP where her roles included Chief of
Staff for Gas, Power and Renewables, and Head of IT for both the
upstream and downstream business.
Martin Bellamy will be the Director of Programme and System Delivery.
He will lead NHS Connecting for Health and focus on enhancing
partnerships with and within the NHS.
Martin Bellamy has worked for the Department for Work and Pensions
since 2003. His main role has been as CIO of the Pension Service. He has
also held the positions of Group Applications Director in Corporate IT,
and as Senior Responsible Officer for Information Management in the DWP
Change Programme. He was previously a partner with KPMG Consulting in
London, and has also worked in Reuters where his roles included Head of
Real Time Technology and Director of News Products Development.
Their appointments follow the strategic refocusing of IT leadership
as part of the Health Informatics Review into how information can
be better used across the Department and NHS (see bjhc&im news:
NHS Informatics review: integrated information systems key to Darzi's reforms).
NHS Chief Executive, David Nicholson said: "I am delighted that
Christine and Martin have accepted these key posts. Together they bring
a breadth of skills and experience that will be invaluable as we
continue the roll out of new and innovative systems that are helping NHS
staff to transform the services they provide for patients.
"The creation of these two roles enhances both the strategic
management of information in the health and social care system and the
delivery of NHS Connecting for Health."
Christine Connelly and Martin Bellamy are due to take up their
positions on Monday 22 September 2008.
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