- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Awaiting
verification
- Open Referral network
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Accredited endoscopist
Specialises in
- Lower GI surgery
Bupa specialist
- Accredited endoscopist
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Richard Baker offers a general surgical and coloproctology service. His particular area of expertise is in bowel problems. His main areas of interest are advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) techniques in the treatment of colonic and rectal (bowel) cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, as well as specialist disease of the anus and anal canal including haemorrhoids (piles), fissures and fistula.
He also offers a comprehensive approach to the management of abdominal and groin hernias, mainly using laparoscopic techniques.
Mr Baker did his undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds Medical School and completed his basic surgical training in Hull. Mr Baker did his higher surgical training in the Yorkshire region as well as a senior fellowship at the world renowned specialist centre for coloproctology St Marks Hospital in London.
Currently Mr Baker is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon and the Clinical Director of the Abdominal Medicine and Surgery clinical service unit at Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust.
Before taking up the Clinical Director role he was the lead clinician for the Leeds bowel cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) and the Lead Clinician for the John Goligher Colorectal unit. The Leeds MDT has one of the highest volumes of cancer work in the county and Mr Baker has performed over 400 cancer resections with excellent results (See NBOCAP audit data).
He is the lead surgeon in the treatment of Squamous cell carcinoma of the Anus for the Yorkshire region. He also runs the Bowel cancer screening programme in Leeds and is one of only a handful of surgeons in the country who is a screening accredited colonoscopist
Areas of interest
Abdominal Pain; Abdominal Problems; Abdominal Swelling; Altered Bowel Habits; Anal Abscess; Anal Fissure; Anal Tear; Anterior Resection; Anus and Rectum; Bowel (Faecal) Incontinence; Bowel Cancer; Bowel Disease; Bowel Obstruction; Coeliac Disease; Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Colorectal Cancer; Colorectal Screening; Colorectal Surgery; Constipation; Crohn's Disease; Diagnostic Endoscopy; Diarrhoea; Diverticulitis; Epigastric pain; Flexible Sigmoidoscopy; Gastrointestinal Tract; Haemorrhoidectomy; Haemorrhoids; Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis; Incontinence; Indigestion (Dyspepsia); Polypectomy; Rectal Bleeding; Rectal Prolapse; Stomach Ulcer; Therapeutic Endoscopy; Ulcerative Colitis; Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy;
Medical secretaries
- Sheree Duncan
- Spire leeds hospital Jackson Avenue Roundhay LEEDS LS8 1NT
- 07542 638331
- 07542 638331
- shereeduncan@nhs.net
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Richard P Baker has worked with Dr Steven Gill at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
- Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard P Baker has worked with Dr Rajendra Singh at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard P Baker has worked with Dr Krishna Matty Srinivsa Rao at the following hospitals:
- Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard P Baker has worked with Dr Sravana K Mekala at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Richard P Baker has worked with Dr James Sira at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (5-50) Spire Leeds Hospital (5-50)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (5-50) Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5) Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H6260
Proctoscopy (+/- biopsy) - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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G8082
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and immediate colonoscopy includes forceps biopsies, biopsy test and dye spray (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
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H5510
Laying open of low anal fistula (fistulotomy) (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H5100
Haemorrhoidectomy (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5) Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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T2780
Open Component Separation Technique (CST) repair for complex abdominal hernia with mesh - (1-5)
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T2012
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - bilateral - (1-5)
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G7530
Closure of ileostomy (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H4130
Perianal excision of lesion of rectum (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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T2112
Laparoscopic repair of recurrent inguinal hernia - bilateral - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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T2100
Repair of recurrent inguinal hernia - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H1581
Laparoscopic colostomy and stoma formation (including revision) - (1-5)
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T2620
Repair of recurrent incisional hernia requiring mesh - (1-5)
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T4300
Laparoscopic adhesiolysis (including biopsy) - (1-5)
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T2600
Repair of recurrent incisional hernia not requiring mesh - (1-5)
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T2002
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - unilateral - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H5620
Lateral sphincterotomy of anus - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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H4000
Transanal local excision for rectal growth - (1-5)
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T2781
Repair of epigastric hernia - (1-5)
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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H0280
Laparoscopic appendicectomy - (1-5)
Spire Leeds Hospital (1-5)
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T2000
Primary repair of inguinal hernia - (1-5)