Maureen Baker
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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]
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- 1958 births
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- Alumni of the University of Dundee
- Alumni of the University of Nottingham
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- 20th-century Scottish medical doctors
- 21st-century Scottish medical doctors
- British general practitioners
- Scottish women medical doctors
- Fellows of the Royal College of General Practitioners
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