Background

Qualified in medicine in 1975 (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, University of London); principal in general practice, Gloucestershire, 1978-1992; research fellow, General Practice Unit, Department of Epidemiology and General Practice, University of Bristol, 1988-1992. Appointed to Leicester 1992. Non-principal in general practice in Leicester, 1992-date. Promoted to a Chair in 1999; appointed Head of Department of Health Sciences 2003.

Research interests centre on quality and safety of health care, generally but not exclusively focused on primary health care. Particular interests include methods to implement improvements in performance, patients' experiences of care, and methods to improve safety in primary health care.

In addition to undergraduate teaching, I teach in the Department's MSc in Primary Care Research and also lead a module on Quality and Safety of Care in our HSR/Social Science Applied to Health/Primary Care Research MSc programme. I supervise PhD and MD students in studies on quality, safety and service evaluation. Please contact me if you would like to discuss studying for a potential doctorate in these fields.  

Selected peer reviewed publications

1.       Turner D, Tarrant C, Windridge K, Bryan S, Boulton M, Freeman GK, Baker R. Do patients value continuity of care in general practice? An investigation using stated preference discrete choice experiments. Journal of Health Service research and Policy 2007;12:132-7

2.       Mainous A, III, Baker R, Koopman RJ, Saxena S, Diaz VS, Everett CJ, Majeed A. Impact of the Population At-Risk for Diabetes on Projections of Diabetes Burden in the United States: an epidemic on the way. Diabetalogia 2007;50:934-40.

3.       Shaw EJ, Stokes T, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Baker R, Baker GA, Jacoby A. Self-management education for adults with epilepsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Reviews 2007 Issue 2 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Chichester, UK DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004723.pub

4.       Stokes T, Shaw EJ, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Baker R, Baker GA, Jacoby A. Self-management education for children with epilepsy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Reviews 2007 Issue 2 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Chichester, UK DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004724.pub2

5.       Baker R, Boulton M, Windridge K, Tarrant C, Bankart J, Freeman GK. Interpersonal continuity of care: a cross-sectional survey of primary care patients’ preferences and their experiences. BJGP 2007;57:283-290.

6.       Baker R, Sullivan E, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Rashid A, Farooqi A, Blackledge H, Allen J. Making use of mortality data to improve quality and safety in general practice: a review of current approaches. Quality & Safety in Health Care 2007;16:84-89.

7.       Julian S, Naftalin NJ, Clark M, Szczepura A, Rashid A, Baker R, Taub N, Habiba M. An integrated care pathway for menorrhagia across the primary-secondary interface: patients’ experience, clinical outcomes, and service utilisation. Quality & Safety in Health Care 2007;16:110-115.

8.       Mainous AG, Diaz VA, Saxena S, Baker R, Everett CJ, Koopman RJ, Majeed A. Diabetes Management in the United States and England: comparative analysis of national surveys. JRSM  2006;99:463-9.

9.       Boulton M, Tarrant C, Windridge K, Baker R, Freeman GK. How is continuity of care produced? A mixed methods longitudinal study in primary care. BJGP 2006;56:749-55

10.   Juarez-Garcia A, Shaw E, Stokes T, Camosso-Stefinovic J, Baker R. The costs of epilepsy misdiagnosis in England and Wales. Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy 2006;15:598-605

11.   Cheater FM, Baker R, Reddish S, Spiers N, Wailoo A, Gillies C, Robertson N, Cawood C. Cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of audit and feedback and educational outreach on improving nursing practice and patient outcomes. Medical Care 2006;44:542-551

12.   Khunti K, Stone M, Burden AC, Turner D, Raymond NT, Baker R. Randomised controlled trial of near-patient testing for glycated haemoglobin in people with type 2 diabetes. BJGP 2006;56:511-7.

13.   Cheater F, Baker R. Can a facilitated programme promote effective multidisciplinary audit in secondary care teams? An exploratory trial. Int J Nursing Studies 2005;42:779-791.

14.   Baker R, Longworth S, Sanderson-Mann J, Cox R, Gillies C. Randomised controlled trial to compare GP- run orthopaedic clinics based in hospital outpatient departments and general practices. BJGP 2005;55:912-7.

15.   Baker R. Developing Standards, Criteria and Thresholds to Assess Fitness to Practise. BMJ. 2006;332:230-3.

16.   Baker R. The clinical observer – on the up or over the hill? BJGP 2005;55:468-71

17.   Baker R, Turner D, Fraser RC, Stone M, Stevenson K. Costs to practices of implementing guidelines for asthma and angina: findings from a trial of guidelines, prioritized review criteria or criteria plus feedback. BJGP 2005;55:548-50

18.   Foy R, Grimshaw J, Eccles M, Young J, Jamtvedt G, Baker R. What do we know about how to do audit and feedback? Pitfalls in applying evidence from a systematic review. BMC Health Services Research 2005, 5:50.

19.   Shaw B, Cheater F, Baker R, Gillies C, Hearnshaw H, Flottorp S, Robertson N. Tailored interventions to overcome identified barriers to change: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD005470. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005470.

20.   McKinley RK, Fraser RC Baker RH, Riley RD. The relationship between measures of patient satisfaction and enablement and professional assessments of consultation competence. Medical Teacher 2004;3:223-8

21.   Windridge K Tarrant C, Freeman GK, Baker R, Boulton M, Low J. Problems with a ‘target’ approach to access in primary care: a qualitative study. BJGP 2004;54:364-6.

22.   Wensing M, Baker R, Szecsenyi J. Impact of national health care systems on patient evaluations of general practice in Europe. Health Policy 2004;68:353-7

23.   Raymond Wetzels, Tina Aaen Geest, Michel Wensing, Pedro Lopes Ferreira, Richard Grol, Richard Baker. GPs' views on involvement of older patients: a European qualitative study. Patient Education and Counselling 2004;53/2:183-8

24.   Wensing M, Baker R. Patient involvement in general practice care: a pragmatic framework. Eu J Gen Pract 2003;9:62-5

25.   Tarrant C, Stokes T, Baker R. Factors associated with patients’ trust in their general practitioner: a cross-sectional survey. BJGP 2003;53:798-800.

26.   Stone M, Baker R, Mayberry J. Prevalence and management of inflammatory bowel disease:  cross sectional study from central England. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2003;15:1275-80

27.   Baker R, Falconer Smith J, Lambert PC. Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of feedback in improving test ordering in general practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Care 2003;21:219-223.

28.   Mainous AG III, Koopman RJ, Gill JM, Baker R, Pearson WS. The relationship between continuity of care and diabetes control: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III. American Journal of Public Health, 2004;94:66-70.

29.   Baker R, Moss P, Upton D, Pankhania J. Investigation of systems to prevent diversion of opiate drugs in general practice in the UK. Quality and Safety in Health Care. 2004;13:21-5.

30.   Wilson A, Baker R, Thompson J, Grimshaw G. Coverage in screening for diabetic retinopathy: Results from a national survey in England and Wales. Diabetic Medicine. 2004;21:271-8.

31.   Baker R, Fraser RC, Stone M, Lambert P, Stevenson K, Shiels C. Randomised controlled trial of the impact of guidelines, prioritized review criteria and feedback on implementation of recommendations for angina and asthma. Br J Gen Pract 2003;53:284-91

32.   Khunti K, Hearnshaw H, Baker R, Grimshaw G. Heart failure in primary care: qualitative study of current management and perceived obstacles to evidence-based diagnosis and management by general practitioners. European Journal of Heart Failure 2002;4:771-1

33.   Baker R, Jones D, Goldblatt P. Monitoring mortality in primary care after Shipman. BMJ 2003;326:274-6

34.   Abu J, Baker R, Habiba M, Halligan A, Naftalin NJ, Hsu R, Taub N. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of women’s views of a one-stop menstrual clinic compared to traditional gynaecology clinics. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 2001;108:993-999

35.   Baker R, Reddish S, Robertson N, Hearnshaw H, Jones B. Randomised controlled trial of tailored strategies to implement guidelines for the management of patients with depression in general practice. Brit J Gen Pract 2001;51:737-741.

36.   Stevenson K, Baker R, Farooqi A, Khunti K. Features of primary health care teams associated with successful quality improvement of diabetes care. Family Practice 2001;18:21-26.

37.   Khunti K, Ganguli S, Baker R, Lowy A. Features of primary care associated with variations in process and outcome of care of people with diabetes. Br J Gen Pract 2001;51:356-60.

Other selected publications

Grol R, Baker R, Moss F. (editors). Quality Improvement Research. Understanding the science of change in health care. London: BMJ Books, 2003.

Grol R, Baker R. Section 13. Quality Improvement. Editors of Section. Oxford Textbook of Primary Medical Care, editors Jones R, Britten N, Culpepper L, Gass DA, Grol R, Mant D, Silagy C. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Baker R. Harold Shipman’s clinical practice 1974-1998. A review commissioned by the chief medical officer. London: The Stationery Office, 2001. www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4064943