Dr Mark Shapley

Title: GP Research Fellow
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 734873
Email:
mark.shapley@nshawebmail.nhs.uk
Location: DJW 0.59
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email
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Born in London and arrived in the Potteries in 1982 via Oxford. Undertook hospital training in Stoke-on-Trent before obtaining my current clinical post as a Principal in General Practice within the Potteries in Wolstanton in 1987.

My research career began in 1991 with my appointment as a research fellow at Keele University.

Current research activities

  • Chief investigator for PRIMROSE (The incidences and predictors of the spontaneous resolution of menstrual disturbances in the perimenopausal years)

  • Principal investigator for N-PRESS (North Staffordshire Presenting Symptom Study)

  • Lead partner in a general medical practice participating in research projects and providing routinely collected data to Weekly Returns Service of Royal College of General Practitioners; Keele GP Research Partnership of Primary Care Sciences, Keele University; General Practice Research Database of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; Medical Research Council; andThe Health Improvement Network of In Practice Systems.

Selected Publications

  • Shapley M, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Croft PR. 2012. The spontaneous resolution of heavy menstrual bleeding in the perimenopausal years. BJOG, vol. 119(5), 545-553. link> doi>
  • Mansell G, Shapley M, Jordan JL, Jordan K. 2011. Interventions to reduce primary care delay in cancer referral: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 61(593), e821-e835. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Mansell G, Jordan JL, Jordan KP. 2010. Positive predictive values of ≥5% in primary care for cancer: systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 60(578), e366-e377. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2007. Abnormal bleeding patterns associated with menorrhagia in women in the community and in women presenting to primary care. Fam Pract, vol. 24(6), 532-537. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan J, Croft PR. 2006. A systematic review of postcoital bleeding and risk of cervical cancer. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 56(527), 453-460. link>

Full Publications List show

Journal Articles

  • Shapley M, Blagojevic M, Jordan KP, Croft PR. 2012. The spontaneous resolution of heavy menstrual bleeding in the perimenopausal years. BJOG, vol. 119(5), 545-553. link> doi>
  • Mansell G, Shapley M, Jordan JL, Jordan K. 2011. Interventions to reduce primary care delay in cancer referral: a systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 61(593), e821-e835. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Mansell G, Jordan JL, Jordan KP. 2010. Positive predictive values of ≥5% in primary care for cancer: systematic review. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 60(578), e366-e377. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2007. Abnormal bleeding patterns associated with menorrhagia in women in the community and in women presenting to primary care. Fam Pract, vol. 24(6), 532-537. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan J, Croft PR. 2006. A systematic review of postcoital bleeding and risk of cervical cancer. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 56(527), 453-460. link>
  • Shapley M. 2005. Ten years of skin malignancies in a single general practice. Dermatology, vol. 210(1), 15-17. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2004. An epidemiological survey of symptoms of menstrual loss in the community. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 54(502), 359-363. link>
  • SHAPLEY M, JORDAN K, CROFT PR. 2004. An epidemiological survey of symptoms of menstrual loss in the community. Br J Gen Pract.
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2004. An investigation in primary care of the relationship between consultation behaviour, increased vaginal bleeding and mental disorder. J Obstet Gynaecol, vol. 24(6), 684-686. link> doi>
  • Dunn KM, K Jordan, R Lacey, M Shapley. 2004. Patterns of consent in epidemiologic research: evidence from over 25,000 responders. American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 159(11), 1087-1094. doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2003. Increased vaginal bleeding and psychological distress: a longitudinal study of their relationship in the community. BJOG, vol. 110(6), 548-554. link> doi>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2003. Increased vaginal bleeding: the reasons women give for consulting primary care. J Obstet Gynaecol, vol. 23(1), 48-50. link>
  • Shapley M, Jordan K, Croft PR. 2002. Why women consult with increased vaginal bleeding: a case-control study. Br J Gen Pract, vol. 52(475), 108-113. link>
  • Shapley M, Croft PR, McCarney R, Lewis M. 2000. Does psychological status predict the presentation in primary care of women with a menstrual disturbance?. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, vol. 50(455), 491-492. link>
  • McCarney R, Shapley M, Goodwin R, Croft P. 2000. The introduction of a routine monitoring system in primary care for patients with a first episode of cardiovascular disease. J Adv Nurs, vol. 31(6), 1376-1382. link> doi>
  • Shapley M and Redman CWE. 1997. Endometrial sampling and general practice. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, vol. 47(419), 387-391. link>

Trainer for General Practice Vocational Training from 1995

Teaching partner in a general medical practice undertaking advanced training of general practice vocational trainees from 2001

Teaching partner in a general medical practice training medical students from 2003

Teacher Evidence Based Medicine workshops (MMedSci) from 2006

On application