Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Learning from deaths to improve lives: why England still needs a national LeDeR programme

The National Health Service England's Learning from Lives and Deaths of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People programme is the world's only national mortality review system for people with intellectual disability. Abandoning national mortality surveillance risks m...

Gambling venues and their association with incidence of help-seeking gambling disorder: A Bayesian spatial analysis

Introduction and background: While the association between physical accessibility to gambling venues and problematic gambling has been demonstrated in previous research, there are no published data from UK NHS-led gambling services exploring such relationships. The aim of this st...

‘Life changer as a general adult psychiatrist’: delivering a National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists

Summary Autistic people are at high risk of mental health problems, yet psychiatrists report limited training and confidence with respect to autism. The National Autism Training Programme for Psychiatrists aimed to improve recognition and earlier diagnosis of autism and to promot...

Therapeutic Ultrasound Versus Levofloxacin in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Orchitis: Comparative Effects on Testicular Inflammation and Tissue Recovery in Rats.

Background & Objective: Orchitis is a testicular inflammatory disorder that may impair spermatogenesis and compromise male fertility. Although fluoroquinolones are widely used in infectious orchitis and possess ancillary anti-inflammatory properties, concerns remain regarding the...