Publications: Dr John Ford

Holdroyd I, McCann L, Berger M, Fisher R, Ford J ( 2025 ) . The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities: an umbrella review – CORRIGENDUM . Primary Health Care Research & Development vol. 26 ,

Holdroyd I, McCann L, Berger M, Fisher R, Ford J ( 2025 ) . The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities: an umbrella review . Primary Health Care Research & Development vol. 26 ,

Hayre J, Pearce H, Khera R, Lunn AD, Ford JA ( 2025 ) . Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review . BMJ Open vol. 15 , ( 2 )

Collaborators GELE, Steel N, Bauer-Staeb CMM, Ford JA, Abbafati C, Abdalla MA, Abdelkader A, Abdi P et al. ( 2025 ) . Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . The Lancet Public Health vol. 10 , ( 3 ) e172 - e188 .

McCann L, Johnson L, Gkiouleka A, Pearce H, Ford J ( 2025 ) . EQUALSS GUIDE Multiple: A novel framework for equity-focused evidence synthesis . Public Health in Practice vol. 9 ,

Johnson LL, Wong G, Kuhn I, Martin GP, Kapilashrami A, Lennox L, Black GB, Hill M et al. ( 2025 ) . A realist review of how, why, for whom and in which contexts quality improvement in healthcare impacts inequalities . BMJ Quality & Safety

Leavy P, Symmons SM, Mockler D, Fleming P, Daly B, Ford J, Burke S ( 2025 ) . How and why do health system factors influence general dentists’ participation in publicly funded, contracted primary dental care services: A realist review . Health Policy vol. 153 ,

McCann L, Holdroyd I, Emberson R, Painter H, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Analysis of orthopaedic private healthcare patterns in England: A potential emerging two-tier system . Public Health in Practice vol. 9 ,

McCannn L, Holdroyd I, Emberson R, Painter H, Ford J ( 2024 ) . An analysis into the rise of private healthcare in England by geographical location and time period . European Journal of Public Health vol. 34 , ( Supplement_3 )

McCann L, Johnson L, Gkiouleka A, Pearce H, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Closing the gap: introducing the EQUALS MAP framework for equity-focused evidence synthesis . European Journal of Public Health vol. 34 , ( Supplement_3 )

Gkiouleka A, Munford L, Watkinson R, Khavandi S, Ford J ( 2024 ) . OP119 How can health care organisations improve the social determinants of health for their local communities: realist informed case-studies . Conference: SSM Annual Scientific Meetinga43.2 - a4a43 .

McCann L, Holdroyd I, Emberson R, Painter H, Ford J ( 2024 ) . P08 The analysis of private healthcare patterns in England: an emerging two-tier system . Conference: SSM Annual Scientific Meetinga50.1 - a5a50 .

Holdroyd I, Mccann L, Berger M, Ford J ( 2024 ) . P11 The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities- an umbrella review . Conference: SSM Annual Scientific Meetinga51.2 - a5a52 .

Starkey I, Satherley P, Ford J, Black M ( 2024 ) . To improve the health of the nation we need a wealth of people doing public health . Public Health in Practice vol. 8 ,

Holdroyd I, Appel C, Massou E, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Adjusting primary-care funding by deprivation: a cross-sectional study of lower-super-output-areas in England . BJGP Open vol. 9 , ( 1 )

Gkiouleka A, Munford L, Khavandi S, Watkinson R, Ford J ( 2024 ) . How can healthcare organisations improve the social determinants of health for their local communities? Findings from realist-informed case studies among secondary healthcare organisations in England . BMJ Open vol. 14 , ( 7 )

Barrell AM, Johnson L, Lunn AD, Ford JA ( 2024 ) . Do primary care quality improvement frameworks consider equity? . BMJ Open Quality vol. 13 , ( 3 )

Brown VT, Hayre J, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Opting out of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and impact on practices’ performance . Public Health in Practice vol. 8 ,

Kayira AB, Painter H, Mathur R, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Practice list size, workforce composition and performance in English general practice: a latent profile analysis . BMC Primary Care vol. 25 , ( 1 )

Holdroyd I, Appel C, Massou E, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Does adjusting the Carr-Hill formula, or total GP funding by deprivation data improve accuracy of predicting clinical need? . Future Healthcare Journal vol. 11 ,

Holdroyd I, Mccann L, Berger M, Ford J ( 2024 ) . The impact of primary care funding on health inequalities- an umbrella review . Future Healthcare Journal vol. 11 ,

Gkiouleka A, Wong G, Sowden S, Kuhn I, Moseley A, Manji S, Harmston RR, Siersbaek R et al. ( 2024 ) . Reducing health inequalities through general practice: a realist review and action framework . Health and Social Care Delivery Research vol. 12 , ( 7 ) 1 - 104 .

Salant N, Massou E, Awan H, Ford JA ( 2024 ) . Does workforce explain the relationship between funding and patient experience? A mediation analysis of primary care data in England . BMJ Open vol. 14 , ( 2 )

Siersbaek R, Kavanagh P, Ford J, Burke S, Parker S ( 2024 ) . How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review . BMC Public Health vol. 24 , ( 1 )

Painter H, Parry E, McCann L, Lunn AD, Ford J ( 2024 ) . Social needs screening in primary care: A tool in the fight for health equity? . Public Health in Practice vol. 7 ,

Allan R, McCann L, Johnson L, Dyson M, Ford J ( 2023 ) . A systematic review of ‘equity-focused’ game-based learning in the teaching of health staff . Public Health in Practice vol. 7 ,

Carr AL, Massou E, Kelly MP, Ford JA ( 2023 ) . Mediating pathways that link adverse childhood experiences with cardiovascular disease . Public Health vol. 227 , 78 - 85 .

Holdroyd I, Chadwick W, Harvey-Sullivan A, Bartholomew T, Massou E, Tzortziou Brown V, Ford J ( 2023 ) . Single-handed versus multiple-handed General practices: A cross-sectional study of quality outcomes in England . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy13558196231218830 - 13558196231218830 .

Harvey-Sullivan A, Lynch H, Tolley A, Gitlin-Leigh G, Kuhn I, Ford JA ( 2023 ) . What impact do self-referral and direct access pathways for patients have on health inequalities? . Health Policy vol. 139 ,

Siersbaek R, O'Donnell C, Parker S, Ford J, Burke S, Cheallaigh CN ( 2023 ) . Social exclusion and its impact on health over the life course: A realist review protocol . HRB Open Research vol. 6 ,

Siersbaek R, Ford J, Ní Cheallaigh C, Thomas S, Burke S ( 2023 ) . How do health system factors (funding and performance) impact on access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist evaluation . International Journal for Equity in Health vol. 22 , ( 1 )

Torres O, Pearce H, Ford J ( 2023 ) . A new dawn for evidence synthesis: Embracing machine learning technology to generate living evidence maps . Public Health in Practice vol. 6 ,

McKee M, Ford J, Bambra C, Sim F, Wright J ( 2023 ) . Academic public health . Working in Public Health , Taylor & Francis

McCann L, Johnson L, Ford J ( 2023 ) . Equity-focused evidence synthesis - A need to optimise our approach . Public Health in Practice vol. 6 ,

Vodden A, Holdroyd I, Bentley C, Marshall L, Barr B, Massou E, Ford J ( 2023 ) . OP85 Evaluation of the national governmental efforts between 1997 and 2010 in reducing health inequalities in England . Conference: SSM Annual Scientific Meetinga42.1 - a4a42 .

Ford J, Gkiouleka A, Wong G, Sowden S, Kuhn I, Moseley A, Manji S, Harmston R et al. ( 2023 ) . P67 How does equitable general practice look like? A realist review and action framework . Conference: SSM Annual Scientific Meetinga83.1 - a8a83 .

Ford J, Black M, Morling J ( 2023 ) . Reaching across the political divide to address health inequalities . Public Health in Practice vol. 6 ,

Gkiouleka A, Wong G, Sowden S, Bambra C, Siersbaek R, Manji S, Moseley A, Harmston R et al. ( 2023 ) . Reducing health inequalities through general practice . The Lancet Public Health vol. 8 , ( 6 ) e463 - e472 .

Ford J, Black M, Morling J ( 2023 ) . What we don't talk about in health inequalities: Value judgements . Public Health in Practice vol. 5 ,

Capper B, Ford J, Kelly M ( 2023 ) . Has the pandemic resulted in a renewed and improved focus on heath inequalities in England? A discourse analysis of the framing of health inequalities in national policy . Public Health in Practice vol. 5 ,

Vodden A, Holdroyd I, Bentley C, Marshall L, Barr B, Massou E, Ford J ( 2023 ) . Evaluation of the national governmental efforts between 1997 and 2010 in reducing health inequalities in England . Public Health vol. 218 , 128 - 135 .

Ford J, Black M, Morling J ( 2023 ) . Health inequality: Time to get smart about our language . Public Health in Practice vol. 5 ,

Steel N, BauerStaeb C, Ford J, Gillam T, Schmidt J, Hughes A ( 2022 ) . Changing life expectancy in Europe 1990-2019: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . European Journal of Public Health vol. 32 , ( Supplement_3 )

Gkiouleka A, Wong G, Kuhn I, Sowden S, Head F, Bambra C, Harmston R, Manji S et al. ( 2022 ) . Reducing health inequalities through general practice in the UK: a realist review (EQUALISE) . European Journal of Public Health vol. 32 , ( Supplement_3 )

Davey F, McGowan V, Birch J, Kuhn I, Lahiri A, Gkiouleka A, Arora A, Sowden S et al. ( 2022 ) . Levelling up health: A practical, evidence-based framework for reducing health inequalities . Public Health in Practice vol. 4 ,

Holdroyd I, Vodden A, Srinivasan A, Kuhn I, Bambra C, Ford JA ( 2022 ) . Systematic review of the effectiveness of the health inequalities strategy in England between 1999 and 2010 . BMJ Open vol. 12 , ( 9 )

Siersbaek R, Parker S, Kavanagh P, Ford JA, Burke S ( 2022 ) . How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol . BMJ Open vol. 12 , ( 6 )

Gkiouleka A, Aquino MRJ, Ojo-Aromokudu O, van Daalen KR, Kuhn IL, Turner-Moss E, Thomas K, Barnard R et al. ( 2022 ) . Allied health professionals: A promising ally in the work against health inequalities- A rapid review . Public Health in Practice vol. 3 ,

Olivera JN, Ford J, Sowden S, Bambra C ( 2022 ) . Conceptualisation of health inequalities by local healthcare systems: A document analysis . Health & Social Care in the Community vol. 30 , ( 6 ) e3977 - e3984 .

Ford J, Lee A ( 2022 ) . Climate justice: modern parallels with the slave trade . Public Health vol. 204 , 82 - 83 .

Steel N, Ford J, Schmidt J ( 2021 ) . Slowdown in Life Expectancy Improvements for European Countries From 2000 to 2019 . Innovation in Aging vol. 5 , ( Supplement_1 ) 149 - 150 .

van Daalen KR, Davey F, Norman C, Ford JA ( 2021 ) . Health equity audits: a systematic review of the effectiveness . BMJ Open vol. 11 , ( 11 )

Nussbaum C, Massou E, Fisher R, Morciano M, Harmer R, Ford J ( 2021 ) . Inequalities in the distribution of the general practice workforce in England: a practice-level longitudinal analysis . BJGP Open vol. 5 , ( 5 )

Ford J, Knight J, Brittain J, Bentley C, Sowden S, Castro A, Doran T, Cookson R ( 2021 ) . Reducing inequality in avoidable emergency admissions: Case studies of local health care systems in England using a realist approach . Journal of Health Services Research & Policy vol. 27 , ( 1 ) 31 - 40 .

Ford J, Sowden S, Olivera J, Bambra C, Gimson A, Aldridge R, Brayne C ( 2021 ) . Transforming health systems to reduce health inequalities . Future Healthcare Journal vol. 8 , ( 2 ) e204 - e209 .

Ford JA, Gkiouleka A, Kuhn I, Sowden S, Head F, Siersbaek R, Bambra C, Harmston RR et al. ( 2021 ) . Reducing health inequalities through general practice: protocol for a realist review (EQUALISE) . BMJ Open vol. 11 , ( 6 )

Siersbaek R, Ford JA, Burke S, Cheallaigh CN, Thomas S ( 2021 ) . Contexts and mechanisms that promote access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist review . BMJ Open vol. 11 , ( 4 )

Parker RF, Figures EL, Paddison CA, Matheson JI, Blane DN, Ford JA ( 2021 ) . Inequalities in general practice remote consultations: A systematic review . BJGP Open vol. 5 , ( 3 )

Black M, Ford J, Lee A ( 2021 ) . Vaccination against COVID-19 and inequalities – Avoiding making a bad situation worse . Public Health in Practice vol. 2 ,

Siersbaek R, Ford J, Cheallaigh CN, Burke S, Thomas S ( 2021 ) . Making healthcare accessible for single adults with complex needs experiencing long-term homelessness: A realist evaluation protocol . HRB Open Research vol. 3 ,

Kelly MP, Brayne C, Kinmonth AL, Kriznik N, Ford J, Fletcher PC ( 2020 ) . Inequalities in mental health: predictive processing and social life . Current Opinion in Psychiatry vol. 34 , ( 2 ) 171 - 176 .

Siersbaek R, Ford J, Cheallaigh CN, Burke S, Thomas S ( 2020 ) . How accessible is healthcare for single adults experiencing long-term homelessness and complex needs? A realist evaluation protocol . HRB Open Research vol. 3 ,

Merrick R, Walsh S, Ford J, Morling J, Lee ACK ( 2020 ) . Winter is coming, and it is going to be tough: COVID-19 and winter preparedness . Public Health vol. 187 , a1 - a2 .

Bambra C, Riordan R, Ford J, Matthews F ( 2020 ) . The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities . Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 74 , ( 11 ) 964 - 968 .

Murdoch J, Salter C, Ford J, Lenaghan E, Shiner A, Steel N ( 2020 ) . The “unknown territory” of goal-setting: Negotiating a novel interactional activity within primary care doctor-patient consultations for patients with multiple chronic conditions . Social Science & Medicine vol. 256 ,

Enwo OO, Player E, Steel N, Ford JA ( 2020 ) . The impact of life events on later life: a latent class analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing . Journal of Public Health vol. 43 , ( 2 ) e180 - e187 .

Ford J, Steel N, Aasheim E, Devleesschauwer B, Gallay A, Morgan D, Schmidt J, Ziese T et al. ( 2019 ) . Slowing improvements in life expectancy across European Economic Area countries . European Journal of Public Health vol. 29 , ( Supplement_4 )

Ford J, Sim F, Mackie P ( 2019 ) . Health inequalities: the need for clarity in the confusion . Public Health vol. 175 , a1 - a2 .

Steel N, Ford JA, Newton JN, Stockton D, Hughes A ( 2019 ) . Health in the UK–Authors’ reply . The Lancet vol. 394 , ( 10201 ) 828 - 829 .

Ford JA, Lenaghan E, Salter C, Turner D, Shiner A, Clark AB, Murdoch J, Green C et al. ( 2019 ) . Can goal-setting for patients with multimorbidity improve outcomes in primary care? Cluster randomised feasibility trial . BMJ Open vol. 9 , ( 6 )

Salter C, Shiner A, Lenaghan E, Murdoch J, Ford JA, Winterburn S, Steel N ( 2019 ) . Setting goals with patients living with multimorbidity: qualitative analysis of general practice consultations . British Journal of General Practice vol. 69 , ( 684 )

Ford JA, Jones AP, Wong G, Barton G, Clark A, Sims E, Swart AM, Steel N ( 2019 ) . Improving primary care Access in Context and Theory (I-ACT trial): a theory-informed randomised cluster feasibility trial using a realist perspective . Trials vol. 20 , ( 1 )

Steel N, Ford J, Lenaghan L, Salter C, Shiner A, Murdoch J, Clark A, Turner D ( 2019 ) . 104GOAL SETTING FOR PATIENTS WITH MULTIMORBIDITY IN PRIMARY CARE: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED FEASIBILITY TRIAL . Age and Ageing vol. 48 , ( Supplement_1 ) i27 - i30 .

Parry L, Steel N, Ford J ( 2019 ) . 83SLOWING OF LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UK . Age and Ageing vol. 48 , ( Supplement_1 ) i23 - i23 .

Boyd PJ, Nevard M, Ford JA, Khondoker M, Cross JL, Fox C ( 2018 ) . The electronic frailty index as an indicator of community healthcare service utilisation in the older population . Age and Ageing vol. 48 , ( 2 ) 273 - 277 .

Shiner A, Ford JA, Steel N ( 2018 ) . Care plan use among older people with functional impairment: analysis of the English General Practice Patient Survey . European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare vol. 6 , ( 4 )

Steel N, Ford J, Newton J, Davis A, Vos T, Naghavi M, Hughes A, Dalton A et al. ( 2018 ) . Global burden of disease (GBD) 2016 subnational estimates for 150 English local authorities . European Journal of Public Health vol. 28 , ( suppl_4 )

Collaborators GM, Dicker D, Nguyen G, Abate D, Abate KH, Abay SM, Abbafati C, Abbasi N et al. ( 2018 ) . Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 . The Lancet vol. 392 , ( 10159 ) 1684 - 1735 .

Parry L, Steel N, Ford J ( 2018 ) . Slowing of life expectancy in the UK: Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . The Lancet vol. 392 ,

Steel N, Ford JA, Newton JN, Davis ACJ, Vos T, Naghavi M, Glenn S, Hughes A et al. ( 2018 ) . Changes in health in the countries of the UK and 150 English Local Authority areas 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . The Lancet vol. 392 , ( 10158 ) 1647 - 1661 .

Enwo O, Ford J, Player E, Steel N ( 2018 ) . RF13 The impact of life events on later life: a latent class analysis of the english longitudinal study of ageing . Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health . Conference: Oral presentations vol. 72 , a49 - a50 .

Ford JA, Jones A, Wong G, Clark A, Porter T, Steel N ( 2018 ) . Access to primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: exploring realist theory using structural equation modelling in a linked dataset . BMC Medical Research Methodology vol. 18 , ( 1 )

Goulão B, Stewart F, Ford JA, MacLennan G, Avenell A ( 2018 ) . Cancer and vitamin D supplementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition vol. 107 , ( 4 ) 652 - 663 .

Ford JA, Turley R, Porter T, Shakespeare T, Wong G, Jones AP, Steel N ( 2018 ) . Access to primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: A qualitative study . PLOS ONE vol. 13 , ( 3 )

Gollop ND, Ford J, Mackeith P, Thurlow C, Wakelin R, Steel N, Fleetcroft R ( 2018 ) . Are patients in heart failure trials representative of primary care populations? A systematic review . BJGP Open vol. 2 , ( 1 )

Koopmans I, Ford J, Steel N ( 2017 ) . Risks of skin cancer in older adults: analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing . The Lancet vol. 390 ,

Ford JC, Ford JA ( 2017 ) . Multimorbidity: will it stand the test of time? . Age and Ageing vol. 47 , ( 1 ) 6 - 8 .

Ford J, Jones A, Wong G, Clark A, Porter T, Steel N ( 2017 ) . P31 Access to primary care for socio-economically disadvantaged older people in rural areas . Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health . Conference: SSM annual scientific meeting 2017 vol. 71 ,

Clarke CS, Round J, Morris S, Kharicha K, Ford J, Manthorpe J, Iliffe S, Goodman C et al. ( 2017 ) . Exploring the relationship between frequent internet use and health and social care resource use in a community-based cohort of older adults: an observational study in primary care . BMJ Open vol. 7 , ( 7 )

Rosenthal AN, Fraser LSM, Philpott S, Manchanda R, Burnell M, Badman P, Hadwin R, Rizzuto I et al. ( 2017 ) . Evidence of Stage Shift in Women Diagnosed With Ovarian Cancer During Phase II of the United Kingdom Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study . J Clin Oncol vol. 35 , ( 13 ) 1411 - 1420 .

Ford JA, Kharicha K, Clarke CS, Clark A, Iliffe S, Goodman C, Manthorpe J, Steel N et al. ( 2017 ) . Service use of older people who participate in primary care health promotion: a latent class analysis . BMC Health Services Research vol. 17 , ( 1 )

Hassan Y, Head V, Jacob D, Bachmann MO, Diu S, Ford J ( 2016 ) . Lifestyle interventions for weight loss in adults with severe obesity: a systematic review . Clinical Obesity vol. 6 , ( 6 ) 395 - 403 .

Hassan Y, Ford J, Steel N, Sheldon J, Fleetcroft R ( 2016 ) . Why are statin prescribing guidelines for primary prevention not always followed in primary care? . British Journal of General Practice vol. 66 , ( 651 ) 536 - 537 .

Fleetcroft R, Noble M, Martin A, Coombes E, Ford J, Steel N ( 2016 ) . Emergency hospital admissions for asthma and access to primary care: cross-sectional analysis . British Journal of General Practice vol. 66 , ( 650 ) e640 - e646 .

Ford JA, Wong G, Jones AP, Steel N ( 2016 ) . Access to primary care for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: a realist review . BMJ Open vol. 6 , ( 5 )

Verma P, Ford JA, Stuart A, Howe A, Everington S, Steel N ( 2016 ) . A systematic review of strategies to recruit and retain primary care doctors . BMC Health Services Research vol. 16 , ( 1 )

Jacobs IJ, Menon U, Ryan A, Gentry-Maharaj A, Burnell M, Kalsi JK, Amso NN, Apostolidou S et al. ( 2015 ) . Ovarian cancer screening and mortality in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial . The Lancet vol. 387 , ( 10022 ) 945 - 956 .

Ford JA, Jones AP, Wong G, Steel N ( 2015 ) . Weekend opening in primary care: analysis of the General Practice Patient Survey . British Journal of General Practice vol. 65 , ( 641 ) e792 - e798 .

Brainard JS, Ford JA, Steel N, Jones AP ( 2015 ) . A systematic review of health service interventions to reduce use of unplanned health care in rural areas . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice vol. 22 , ( 2 ) 145 - 155 .

Fleetcroft R, Ford J, Gollop ND, MacKeith P, Perera K, Shafi AA, Sorefan J, Thurlow C et al. ( 2015 ) . Difficulty accessing data from randomised trials of drugs for heart failure: a call for action . The BMJ vol. 351 ,

Ford JA, Jones AP, Wong G, Clark AB, Porter T, Shakespeare T, Swart AM, Steel N ( 2015 ) . Improving access to high-quality primary care for socioeconomically disadvantaged older people in rural areas: a mixed method study protocol . BMJ Open vol. 5 , ( 9 )

Stuart A, Ford JA, Duckworth S, Jones C, Pereira A ( 2015 ) . Anti-VEGF therapies in the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation secondary to non-age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review . BMJ Open vol. 5 , ( 4 )

Ford JA, Pereira A ( 2015 ) . Does teledermatology reduces secondary care referrals and is it acceptable to patients and doctors?: a service evaluation . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice vol. 21 , ( 4 ) 710 - 716 .

Ford JA ( 2015 ) . Extending opening hours in general practice won’t improve access for patients most in need . The BMJ vol. 350 , ( mar17 7 )

Shiner A, Ford J, Steel N, Salisbury C, Howe A ( 2014 ) . Managing multimorbidity in primary care . InnovAiT Education and inspiration for general practice vol. 7 , ( 11 ) 691 - 700 .

Ford JA, MacLennan GS, Avenell A, Bolland M, Grey A, Witham M, Group FTRT ( 2014 ) . Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . American Journal of Clinical Nutrition vol. 100 , ( 3 ) 746 - 755 .

Ford JA, Shyangdan D, Uthman OA, Lois N, Waugh N ( 2014 ) . Drug treatment of macular oedema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion: a network meta-analysis . BMJ Open vol. 4 , ( 7 )

Ford JA, Clar C, Lois N, Barton S, Thomas S, Court R, Shyangdan D, Waugh N ( 2014 ) . Treatments for macular oedema following central retinal vein occlusion: systematic review . BMJ Open vol. 4 , ( 2 )

Ford JA, Mowatt G, Jones R ( 2014 ) . Assessing pharmacological interventions for bone metastases: the need for more patient-centered outcomes . Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology vol. 5 , ( 3 ) 271 - 279 .

Ford JA, Mahgoub H, Shankar AG ( 2013 ) . Vaccine acceptance . Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics vol. 9 , ( 12 ) 2658 - 2660 .

Ford J, Cummins E, Sharma P, Elders A, Stewart F, Johnston R, Royle P, Jones R et al. ( 2013 ) . Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and economic evaluation, of denosumab for the treatment of bone metastases from solid tumours . Health Technology Assessment vol. 17 , ( 29 ) 1 - 386 .

Mowatt G, Scotland G, Boachie C, Cruickshank M, Ford JA, Fraser C, Kurban L, Lam TB et al. ( 2013 ) . The diagnostic accuracy and cost-effectiveness of magnetic resonance spectroscopy and enhanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques in aiding the localisation of prostate abnormalities for biopsy: a systematic review and economic evaluation . Health Technology Assessment vol. 17 , ( 20 ) vii - 281 .

Ford JA, Lois N, Royle P, Clar C, Shyangdan D, Waugh N ( 2013 ) . Current treatments in diabetic macular oedema: systematic review and meta-analysis . BMJ Open vol. 3 , ( 3 )

Ford JA, Jones R, Elders A, Mulatero C, Royle P, Sharma P, Stewart F, Todd R et al. ( 2012 ) . Denosumab for treatment of bone metastases secondary to solid tumours: Systematic review and network meta-analysis . European Journal of Cancer vol. 49 , ( 2 ) 416 - 430 .

Ford JA, Elders A, Shyangdan D, Royle P, Waugh N ( 2012 ) . The relative clinical effectiveness of ranibizumab and bevacizumab in diabetic macular oedema: an indirect comparison in a systematic review . The BMJ vol. 345 , ( aug13 1 )

Chakravarty PD, McLaughlin E, Whittaker D, Byrne E, Cowan E, Xu K, Bruce DM, Ford JA ( 2012 ) . Comparison of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) with other bariatric procedures; a systematic review of the randomised controlled trials . The Surgeon vol. 10 , ( 3 ) 172 - 182 .

Ford JA, Soop M, Du J, Loveday BPT, Rodgers M ( 2012 ) . Systematic review of intraoperative cholangiography in cholecystectomy . British Journal of Surgery vol. 99 , ( 2 ) 160 - 167 .

Ford JA, Waugh N, Sharma P, Sculpher M, Walker A ( 2012 ) . NICE guidance: a comparative study of the introduction of the single technology appraisal process and comparison with guidance from Scottish Medicines Consortium . BMJ Open vol. 2 , ( 1 )

Abdel-fattah M, Familusi A, Fielding S, Ford J, Bhattacharya S ( 2011 ) . Primary and repeat surgical treatment for female pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in parous women in the UK: a register linkage study . BMJ Open vol. 1 , ( 2 )

Ford JA, MacKay C, Peach C, Davies P, Loudon M ( 2011 ) . Putting guidelines into practice: a tailored multi‐modal approach to improve post‐operative assessments . Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice vol. 19 , ( 1 ) 106 - 111 .

Ford JA, Bell J, Edwards C ( 2011 ) . Are we meeting cardiovascular risk targets 3 years after acute coronary syndrome? An evaluation in West Auckland, New Zealand . The New Zealand Medical Journal vol. 124 , ( 1343 ) 65 - 75 .

Madhuvrata P, Ford J, Merrick K, Boachie C, Abdel-Fattah M ( 2011 ) . Voiding dysfunction following suburethral tape . Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology vol. 31 , ( 5 ) 424 - 428 .

Abdel-Fattah M, Ford JA, Lim CP, Madhuvrata P ( 2011 ) . Single-Incision Mini-Slings Versus Standard Midurethral Slings in Surgical Management of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: A Meta-Analysis of Effectiveness and Complications . European Urology vol. 60 , ( 3 ) 468 - 480 .

Ford JA ( 2010 ) . Publications shouldn’t be key to advancement . The BMJ vol. 340 , ( mar10 2 )