Maureen Baker: The invisible woman

Biography

Maureen Baker wants to see more NHS resources directed towards primary care. Anybody unaware of this must have been asleep because, as chairwoman of the Royal College of General Practitioners since November 2013, she has used all means of communication to get this point across, forcefully at times. A Scot who practises in Lincolnshire, Baker is in awe of nobody and knows the ropes, having served the college for a decade as honorary secretary. She thinks that general practice is undervalued and over-policed, saying she would have made far better use of the £500m recently given to hospital emergency departments. Baker is 55.