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01  Journalist · BBC · NHS waiting lists

Richard Baker: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Richard Baker

BBC and 1 other title

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 4 topics since 17 Dec 2025 · latest 30 Aug 2026

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  • BBC
  • bbc.com

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

02  Writes on · 4 of 29 topics

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Richard Baker: key facts

Main title
BBC
Covers
NHS waiting lists, A&E & ambulance response, Learning disability & autismand 1 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
30 Aug 2026
First read
17 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Richard Baker covers

How we found the articles by Richard Baker we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 4 topics

NHS waiting lists

  • NHS waiting list
  • waiting list
  • elective waiting times
  • elective recovery
  • elective backlog
  • waiting list backlog
  • referral to treatment
  • RTT

Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists

A&E & ambulance response

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

Learning disability & autism

  • learning disability
  • autism
  • autistic
  • SEND
  • EHCP
  • special educational needs
  • ADHD
  • Down's syndrome

Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism

Care home closures & provider failure

  • care home closure
  • provider failure
  • residential care closure
  • care home insolvency
  • care home fees
  • care home places
  • care market
  • market sustainability

Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure

04  Who they quote

Who Richard Baker calls

Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.

  1. Gill Hodgson-ReillyRegulator
  2. Nicollete PowellSector leader

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 30 Aug 2026
    Watchdog downgrades Calderdale Royal Hospital A&E rating

    BBCA&E & ambulance response

  2. 25 Jun 2026
    Delayed Scarborough diagnostic centre opens over two years late

    bbc.comNHS waiting lists

  3. 22 Jun 2026
    Seacroft hospital diagnostic centre set for £20m expansion

    bbc.comNHS waiting lists

  4. 26 Jan 2026
    'Getting autism diagnosis helped my son understand himself'

    BBCLearning disability & autism

  5. 17 Dec 2025
    Future of elderly care facilities left uncertain

    BBCCare home closures & provider failure

Bylines and quoted sources are read automatically from UK coverage of the topics Vital Signs tracks, so this page reflects what our scan has read rather than a complete record. Where a biography appears, it is published by the outlet itself about its own correspondent, and linked above. Photographs come from the outlet’s own byline or author page, or from the journalist’s LinkedIn profile, and each is credited under the picture. Social accounts are not held: asserting an unverified one would attach a real person to an account that might not be theirs. See the methodology, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.