Maureen Baker

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Dr Maureen Baker
CBE FRCGP
Born (1958-09-20) 20 September 1958
Motherwell, Scotland
Nationality Scottish
Alma mater University of Dundee, University of Nottingham
Occupation General Practioner
Spouse(s) Peter Baker (married 1984)

Dr Maureen Baker CBE FRCGP (born 20 September 1958) is a Scottish medical doctor. She was Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) from November 2013 to November 2016.[1][2][3]

Education

Baker was born in Motherwell on 20 September 1958 to Helen and William Murphy. She attended Holy Cross High School in Hamilton.[4]After school she studied medicine at the University of Dundee, graduating with MB, ChB in 1981. She then attended the University of Nottingham, obtaining a DM.[4]

Career

She worked as a general practitioner (GP) in Lincoln from 1985−2000.[4]

She joined Connecting for Health in 2007. She is Clinical Director for Patient Safety at the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).[5]

In December 2013 the Health Service Journal listed her as the 26th most powerful person in the National Health Service, in 2014 she was listed in the journal's top 100 clinical leaders and in 2015 she was as the 39th most influential person in NHS (England).[6][7][8]

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.[9]

She was Honorary Secretary (1999-2009) and Council Chair (November 2013 - November 2016) of Royal College of General Practitioners. She was succeeded as Chair by Helen Stokes-Lampard.[3]

She married Peter Baker in 1984, they have two daughters.[2]

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.[10]

In 2009, she received the RCGP Foundation Council Award for meritorious services to general practice.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "New Chair-elect for RCGP". Royal College of General Practitioners (Press release). 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Who's Who". www.ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  3. 1 2 Matthews-King, Alex (1 July 2016). "Dr Helen Stokes-Lampard elected next RCGP chair". Pulse. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "People of Today: Profile page: Maureen Baker". Debrett's. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "RCGP Leadership Team". Royal College of General Practitioners. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  7. ↑ "HSJ100 2015". Health Service Journal. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "HSJ Clinical leaders" (PDF). Health Service Journal. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Medical safety experts honoured". BBC News. 31 December 2003.
  11. ↑ Robinson, Stephen (10 May 2013). "RCGP announces new chair". GP magazine. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
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