James Munro
Director of Health Services Research
BA, MB, BS, MRCP, MFPHM
James Munro trained in medicine in Cambridge and London, and in public health medicine in the Trent region. He joined the University of Sheffield in 1993 and became director of the health services research section of ScHARR in 2004.
email : j.f.munro@sheffield.ac.uk
Current research
Current research projects include:
- The contribution of NHS walk-in centres to achieving primary care access targets
- The impact of NHS walk in centres on accident and emergency departments (led by Prof Chris Salisbury at the University of Bristol)
- Are NHS 24 clinical assessment decisions related to nurse characteristics?
- The evaluation of NHS 24 in Scotland
- How did the 2003 monitoring week affect emergency department waiting times?
Current teaching
Current teaching and related activity includes:
- MSc in Health Services research and Technology Assessment: module convenor for Research Design
- BMedSci in Health and Human Sciences: module convenor for Epidemiology
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: External examiner for MSc in Public Health by distance learning
Selected publications
Books
The evidence-based medicine workbook. Butterworth Heinemann, 1997 (with Bob Dixon and Paul Silcocks)
Healthy Choices: future options for the NHS. Lawrence and Wishart, 1997. (Edited collection, with Steve Iliffe)
Promoting Health: politics and practice. Sage Publications, 2002. (Edited collection, with Lee Adams and Mary Amos)
Academic journal papers
Munro J F, Mason S, Nicholl J P. Effectiveness of measures to reduce emergency department waiting times: a natural experiment. Emergency Medicine Journal 2005: in press
Munro J F, Sampson F, Nicholl J P. NHS Direct: impact on demand for out of hours primary and emergency care. British Journal of General Practice 2005: in press
Munro J F, Nicholl J P, Brazier J E, Davey R, Cochrane T. Cost-effectiveness of a community-based exercise programme in over-65 year olds: cluster randomised trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2004; 58: 1004-1010
O'Cathain A, Nicholl J P, Sampson F, Walters S, McDonnell A, Munro J F. Do different types of nurses give different triage decisions in NHS Direct? A mixed methods study. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 2004; 9 (4): 226-233
O'Cathain A, Sampson F, Munro J F, Thomas K J, Nicholl J P. Nurses' views of using computerized decision support software in NHS Direct. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2004; 45 (3): 280-86
Sampson F, Munro J F, Pickin D M, Nicholl J P. Why are patients removed from their doctors' lists? A comparison of patients' and doctors' accounts of removal. Family Practice 2004; 21 (5): 515-518
Spoor C, Munro J F. Do budget-holding physicians respond to price? The case of fundholding in the UK. Health Services Management Research 2003; 16 (4): 261-7
Munro J F, Maheswaran R, Pearson T. Travel distance and the response to requests for general practice out-of-hours: a geographical analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2003; 57: 673-4
Munro J F, O'Cathain A, Knowles E, Nicholl J P. Evaluation of NHS Direct 'referral' to community pharmacists. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2003; 11 (1): 1-9
Salisbury C, Munro J F. Walk-in centres in primary care: a review of the international literature. British Journal of General Practice 2003; 53 (486): 53-59
O'Cathain A, Webber E, Nicholl J P, Munro J F, Knowles E. NHS Direct: consistency of triage outcomes. Emergency Medicine Journal 2003; 20: 289-92
Morrell C J, Munro J F, O'Cathain A, Warren K, Nicholl J P. Impact of NHS Direct on other services: the characteristics and origins of its nurses. Emergency Medicine Journal 2002; 19: 337-40
Knowles E, O'Cathain A, Morrell C J, Munro J F, Nicholl J P. NHS Direct and nurses - opportunity or monotony?. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2002; 39: 857-66
Knowles E, Munro J F, O'Cathain A, Nicholl J P. Integrating community pharmacy and NHS Direct: the views of pharmacists. Pharmacy Journal 2002; 268: 621-3
Walters S, Munro J F, Brazier J E. Decline of health-related quality of life with age: cross-sectional community based survey of older adults. Age and Ageing 2001; 30: 337-343
Pickin D M, Sampson F, Munro J F, Nicholl J P. General practitioners' experiences and views of removing patients from their lists: postal survey in England and Wales. British Medical Journal 2001; 322: 1158-9
Munro J F, Nicholl J P, O'Cathain A, Knowles E. Impact of NHS Direct on demand for immediate care: observational study. British Medical Journal 2000; 321: 150-5
Iliffe S, Munro J F. New Labour and Britain's National Health Service. International Journal of Health Services 2000; 30 (2): 309-34
Nicholl J P, Munro J F. Systems for emergency care: integrating the components is the challenge. British Medical Journal 2000; 320: 955-6
O'Cathain A, Munro J F, Nicholl J P, Knowles E. How helpful is NHS Direct? Postal survey of callers. British Medical Journal 2000; 320: 1035
Brazier J E, Harper R, Munro J F, Walters S, Snaith M. Generic and condition-specific outcome measures for people with osteoarthritis of the knee. Rheumatology 1999; 38: 870-7
O'Cathain A, Musson G, Munro J F. Shifting services from secondary to primary care: stakeholders' views of the barriers. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy 1999; 4 (3): 154-60
Brown N, Melville M, Gray D, Young T, Munro J F, Skene A, Hampton J R. Quality of life four years after acute myocardial infarction: SF36 scores compared with a normal population. Heart 1999; 81: 352-8
Cochrane T, Davey R, Munro J F, Nicholl J P. Exercise, physical function and health perceptions of older people. Physiotherapy 1998; 84 (12): 598-602
Munro J F, Skinner J. Unwelcome customers? Exploring the epidemiology of removal from general practitioner lists. British Journal of General Practice 1998; 48 (436): 1837-9
Munro J F, Brazier J E, Davey R, Nicholl J P. Physical activity for the over-65s: could it be a cost-effective exercise for the NHS?. Journal of Public Health Medicine 1997; 19 (4): 397-402
Munro J F, Booth A, Nicholl J P. Routine preoperative testing: a systematic review of the evidence. Health Technology Assessment 1997; 1 (12)
Silcocks P, Munro J F, Steeds R P, Channer K. Prognostic Implications of Qualitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Function Compared to Simple Routine Quantitative Parameters in Echocardiography. Heart 1997; 78: 237-42
Munro J F. Commentary on: Monitoring expenditure in relation to epidemiological and demographic characteristics of AIDS in south east England. Health Care Analysis 1997; 5 (1): 40-1
Munro J F. What is the value of screening? (Editorial). British Journal of Hospital Medicine 1996; 56 (8): 382-4
Hodgkin P, Eve R, Golton I, Munro J F, Musson G. Changing clinical behaviour on a city-wide scale: lessons from the FACTS project. Journal of Clinical Effectiveness 1996; 1 (1): 8-10
Eve R, Golton I, Hodgkin P, Munro J F, Musson G. Beyond guidelines: promoting clinical change in the real world. Journal of Management in Medicine 1996; 10 (1): 16-26
Munro J F. Lay participation: a doctor writes. Health Care Analysis 1996; 4 (2): 175-177
Munro J F, Coleman P, Nicholl J P, Harper R, Kent G, Wild D. Can we prevent accidents in adolescents? A systematic review of the literature. Injury Prevention 1995; 1 (4): 249-55
Munro J F. The awkward questions will not rest: a response to Jenny Shipley. Health Care Analysis 1995; 3 (2): 119-21
Iliffe S, Munro J F. General practitioners and incentives (editorial). British Medical Journal 1993; 307: 1156-7
Munro J F. Why health economists are economical with the truth. Health Care Analysis 1993; 1 (2): 197-9
