Idris Baker

Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Tŷ Olwen, Swansea

Idris Baker is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Tŷ Olwen in Swansea, working mainly in community palliative care.  He is National Clinical Lead for Palliative & End of Life Care in Wales. The National Programme for Palliative & End of Life Care is designed around the principles of value based health & care and aiming to deliver equity in PEOLC in Wales, across all ages and across statutory & voluntary sectors. 

He regularly contributes to education for a range of audiences on topics in palliative care and clinical ethics.  He enjoys a bit of debate, and was once denounced to the press by an opponent as ‘genuinely wicked’.