Commissioners and Designated Nurses and Doctors
A new GP-led Partnership that is passionate about providing high-quality, timely
Initial Health Assessments (IHAs) and Prospective Carer Reports.
Helping You Meet Statutory Deadlines & Go Beyond Compliance!
✔ Complete IHAs Within 28 Days – Stay on top of statutory requirements effortlessly.
✔ Elevate Corporate Parenting – Provide the best care and support for Children in Care.
About our Founder
With over 10 years of experience in producing these essential reports, the founder, Dr Chris Hewer, has held key roles including:
- Named Doctor for Children in Care in Gloucestershire where his team consistently achieved near 100% compliance with the mandatory 28-day timeframe.
- Medical Advisor for the Permanency Team in Gloucestershire.
- CoramBAAF Health Advisory Committee member– recently involved in reviewing the Adult Health medical process
- Collaborating with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health to set standards for Initial Health Assessments in the UK
Initial Health Assessments (IHAs)
Baker Baker Health offers:
- Holistic, child-focused assessments: addressing physical and mental health, social wellbeing, and statutory requirements.
- GP-initiated treatments: our GPs can prescribe treatments for common childhood conditions (eg. acne) at the IHA and just requesting follow up with their own GP; ensuring faster care, reducing carer workload and easing the burden on local GPs.
- Improved access to Community Paediatricians: freeing up valuable paediatric resources for other critical tasks.
- High compliance with mandatory timelines: aiming for at least 95% of IHAs to be completed within 20 working days.
- Cost-effective solutions: Our services are cheaper than NHS Payment Scheme prices, providing significant financial savings.
- Flexibility and adaptability: We work closely with local Children in Care team and other health teams to integrate with existing pathways. Baker Baker Health have developed a Health Action Plan framework which can be modified and tailored for your area.
- Experienced and expert GPs: Providing high-quality, child-centred reports. We would be looking to grow connections with the existing Looked After Children team for shared learning and collaboration.
- Supervision and peer reviewed: by a senior medical peer: ensuring reports are of the highest standard and continuously improved in line with the latest guidelines and evidence.
- One-stop Streamlined Process: triggered by the social worker notification, we then efficiently manage everything through to report distribution.
Prospective Carer Reports
We are experienced in completing both:
Adult Health Reports (AH) Part C medicals
– completed using carers’ medical records, reducing delays.
Advantages of a centralised Adult health provision:
✔ Increased GP and Paediatrician capacity: freeing up local resources.
✔ Faster access to placements: ensuring timely recruitment of carers.
✔ Peer-reviewed specialist service: improving report quality and understanding of factors that could affect the ability to be a carer.
✔ Expert GPs who also perform IHAs: providing thorough, high-quality assessments informed by both adult health expertise along with an expert view of what the Children in Care require from their carer.
Adoption Medical Reports
– consolidating AH reports into clear, expert assessments of a carer’s ability to support young people.
Innovative Engagement Tools
We are committed to making the assessment process informative and accessible.
Our engagement initiatives include:
Introductory Videos
hosted on YouTube for Under 12's, 12-17's and their carers to understand what to expect from their medical.
FAQs
answering any questions about the medicals and about the Children in Care process.
Click here to see them.
Blog articles tailored for 12-17's and carers, linked to Health Action Plans for enhanced engagement and education. These will be tailored to local services over time and will help everyone to get the most out of the medicals. We also have a page of Top tips and links for under 12's.
QR codes
provided during medicals for instant access to relevant information, particularly useful for teenagers.
New resources are regularly added to the website and it is an ongoing effort to improve engagement, helping young people recover and thrive.
Quality Assurance
CQC registration applied for to guarantee full regulatory compliance.
Monthly performance monitoring data provided to the ICB
Feedback from carers and young people to continually refine our service. The voices of the young people really matters to us!
What excites and inspires us ...
"A child in the care of the council looks to the council to be the best parent it can be to that child. Every member and employee of the council has the statutory responsibility to act for that child in the same way that a good parent would act for their own child
... Every good parent wants
- the best for their child
- to see their child flourish with good health
- to be safe and happy
- to do well at school
- enjoy good relationships with their peers
- To make the most of leisure opportunities, hobbies, and interests,
- To grow towards adulthood equipped to lead independent lives
- Succeed in higher education, careers, and jobs
- To be financially secure."
Houndslow council
At Baker Baker Health we are passionate about Corporate Parenting and how we can play our part in aiming for excellence in this incredible opportunity and responsibility!
We want to do everything we possibly can to help the young people to flourish and reach their full potential!
We've written a blog about it.
Get in touch ...
Thank you for your time to consider working with Baker Baker Health to support Children in Care and their carers in your area.
We would love the opportunity to discuss this.
Please email hello@bakerbakerhealth.com to arrange a meeting at your convenience.
Dr Chris Hewer (He / Him)
GP, Founder and Medical Director
“Comprehensive and holistic assessments, dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for Children in Care.”
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