Maureen Baker

This article is about the NHS professional. For the fashion designer, see Maureen Baker (fashion designer).

Maureen Baker CBE FRCGP (born 20 September 1958) is a British medical doctor and is the current Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). She took up this position in November 2013.[1]

Education

She was educated at Holy Cross High School in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.[2] She studied at the University of Dundee, graduating with a MB, ChB then attended the University of Nottingham, obtaining a DM.[2]

Career

She worked as a general practitioner (GP) in Lincoln from 1985−2000.[2] She was the RCGP's honorary secretary from 1999-2009.[3]

She joined Connecting for Health in 2007 and is now Clinical Director for Patient Safety at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).[4]

She was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 26th most powerful person in the British National Health Service in December 2013[5] and 5th in the list of their 100 top clinical leaders in 2014.[6]

She has repeatedly described the crisis in General Practice, acknowledging that some problems have been attributed to the "pull of London and the South-east". She has commented on the need to be able to improve the distribution of the medical workforce, suggesting that reasonable incentives might help attract doctors to some areas.[7]

Awards and honours

She was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Year Honours for services to medicine.[8]

In 2009, she received the RCGP Foundation Council Award for meritorious services to general practice.[3]

She was reckoned by the Health Service Journal to be the 39th most influential person in the English NHS in 2015.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "New Chair-elect for RCGP". Royal College of General Practitioners (Press release). 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "People of Today: Profile page: Maureen Baker". Debrett's. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 Robinson, Stephen (10 May 2013). "RCGP announces new chair". GP magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "RCGP Leadership Team". Royal College of General Practitioners. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "HSJ Clinical leaders" (PDF). Health Service Journal. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Cooper, Charlie (21 December 2014). "Britain's GP black holes: The North is running out of family doctors, figures show". The Independent. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Medical safety experts honoured". BBC News. 31 December 2003.
  9. ↑ "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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