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	<title>Steve Baker MP &#187; Health</title>
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	<description>One life. Live it.</description>
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		<title>Re-launch of the Royal College of Midwives Parliamentary Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/11/re-launch-of-the-royal-college-of-midwives-parliamentary-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday, I attended the re-launch of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Parliamentary Panel. The meeting coincided with the publishing of a report by the RCM on the State of Maternity Services in the UK. This revealed that the number of births per year increased by 22% between 2001 and 2010, while the number ]]></description>
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		<title>MP Steve Baker calls for community to run hospital if NHS plans &#8216;don&#8217;t work&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/10/mp-steve-baker-calls-for-community-to-run-hospital-if-nhs-plans-dont-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/10/mp-steve-baker-calls-for-community-to-run-hospital-if-nhs-plans-dont-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MP Steve Baker tonight called on the community to claim control of Wycombe Hospital if further changes brought in by the NHS “don&#8217;t work”. Chairing a meeting at Great Marlow School, he said he is “inclined to trust” health chiefs over their plans for the hospital, but urged people to take action if necessary. via ]]></description>
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		<title>BBC News &#8211; Nudge not enough to change lifestyles &#8211; peers</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/07/bbc-news-nudge-not-enough-to-change-lifestyles-peers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/07/bbc-news-nudge-not-enough-to-change-lifestyles-peers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if &#8216;nudge&#8217; were not bad enough: Plans to get people to adopt healthier lifestyles will not work unless the government is more prepared to use legislation, peers believe. via BBC News &#8211; Nudge not enough to change lifestyles &#8211; peers]]></description>
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		<title>ConservativeHome&#8217;s Platform: Steve Baker MP: Accounting has never been so exciting!</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/06/conservativehomes-platform-steve-baker-mp-accounting-has-never-been-so-exciting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/06/conservativehomes-platform-steve-baker-mp-accounting-has-never-been-so-exciting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via ConservativeHome&#8217;s Platform: Steve Baker MP: Accounting has never been so exciting: There is a growing awareness that one of the main contributors – if not the main contributor – to the severity of the financial crisis was the system of accounting rules under which UK banks continue to operate. In particular, the culprit is ]]></description>
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		<title>High Wycombe weighs in new mayor Chaudhary Ditta</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/05/high-wycombe-weighs-in-new-mayor-chaudhary-ditta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/05/high-wycombe-weighs-in-new-mayor-chaudhary-ditta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 18:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via High Wycombe weighs in new mayor Chaudhary Ditta (From Bucks Free Press): BOOS and cheers rang around Frogmoor this morning as crowds gathered to see whether High Wycombe&#8217;s dignitaries have been dining out at the taxpayers&#8217; expense. Incoming mayor Chaudhary Ditta raised a cheer at the traditional Mayor Making ceremony when the town crier yelled ]]></description>
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		<title>We should take the politics out of health</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/05/we-should-take-the-politics-out-of-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/05/we-should-take-the-politics-out-of-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 09:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I had one of my regular informal meetings with local senior NHS management. As you would expect, the present top-level political manoeuvring leaves senior NHS staff in a difficult position: how can they plan when policy is again up in the air? Right now, the NHS is scarcely under democratic control. Whether it ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;May cause drowsiness&#8217; too confusing for modern medicine labels &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/03/may-cause-drowsiness-too-confusing-for-modern-medicine-labels-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/03/may-cause-drowsiness-too-confusing-for-modern-medicine-labels-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warning labels on medicines should be simplified because words such as &#8220;drowsiness&#8221; and &#8220;avoid&#8221; are too confusing for modern patients, experts claim. via &#8216;May cause drowsiness&#8217; too confusing for modern medicine labels &#8211; Telegraph. I suppose the next thing will be complaints that &#8221;do not drink alcohol while taking this medicine&#8221; is too directive and that ]]></description>
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		<title>MP&#8217;s hospital &#8216;dream&#8217; after fairer funding petition to Parliament (From Bucks Free Press)</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/02/mps-hospital-dream-after-fairer-funding-petition-to-parliament-from-bucks-free-press/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/02/mps-hospital-dream-after-fairer-funding-petition-to-parliament-from-bucks-free-press/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A HOSPITAL in Wycombe directly owned by residents would be the “dream”, MP Steve Baker says, after presenting a petition on &#8216;fairer funding&#8217; to Parliament. As the Government put forward its radical NHS reforms yesterday, Mr Baker handed over a document with 1,547 signatures. via MP&#8217;s hospital &#8216;dream&#8217; after fairer funding petition to Parliament (From ]]></description>
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		<title>Petition presented: Reform of health services (Wycombe)</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/01/petition-presented-reform-of-health-services-wycombe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/01/petition-presented-reform-of-health-services-wycombe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before Christmas, I directly presented to the Health Secretary a petition calling for fair funding, local control and freedom for clinical professionals in pursuit of improving health services in Wycombe. This evening, I presented a further petition to Parliament, registering our continuing concern and making the same call for reform. I am extremely grateful to ]]></description>
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		<title>For those who say our health plans were not clear from our manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/01/for-those-who-say-our-health-plans-were-not-clear-from-our-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/01/for-those-who-say-our-health-plans-were-not-clear-from-our-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before our manifesto was published, a draft appeared, chapter by chapter. Our plans for health appeared first and in some detail. I embedded the document in this website and it is still available online. Here it is: Open publication &#8211; Free publishing &#8211; More nhs One of the tragedies of the election is that it ]]></description>
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