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The lack of a government at Stormont in Northern Ireland is causing problems for important areas such as health and care, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently highlighted the top cause of major injuries in UK’s workplaces — slips, trips and falls — urging employers to tackle the issue.

NHS England has published plans to take on the premises liabilities of practices in leased surgeries "where they are of strategic importance".

As summer temperatures rise, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reminded employers about the rules for working in hot and humid weather via its various social media channels.

Researchers have provided scientific evidence that it’s possible to reduce the risk of heart disease simply by getting out of the office and taking a holiday.

Common guidelines for testing in primary care, that do not offer GPs clear, evidence-based recommendations on best practice, could result in patients with long-term conditions could face unnecessary tests.

An independent review of gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide, carried out for the General Medical Association (GMC), has called for legal protection for doctors' reflective notes as well as for greater controls on expert witnesses and measures to end a postcode lottery in how gross negligence manslaughter laws are applied across England.

British Medical Association (BMA) Chair Dr Chaand Nagpaul has written to Prime Minister Theresa May warning of the risk of losing “large swathes of expertise from the NHS’s most experienced doctors at a time when the overstretched service needs it most”.

The Department of Health and Social Services (DHSC) has launched proposals to make pensions more flexible for senior clinicians in the hope of improving workforce retention.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially recognised work-related burnout as an official “occupational phenomenon”, in its latest classification of diseases.