Something that’s missing from these articles is that it’s not just hospitals will be affected. GP’s use the services provided by these labs, free of charge, and also the private hospitals though they have their own labs offload all the heavy lifting to the public hospitals, because externalising costs is what a profitmaking enterprise does.
medical scientists with 5 years in college are being paid less than their assistants (aka lab aides) who have a 2 year level 7 degree. the hse has acknowledged this and basically told them that its tough titties. the lab aides had a strike recently to get their pay to this level.
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Something that’s missing from these articles is that it’s not just hospitals will be affected. GP’s use the services provided by these labs, free of charge, and also the private hospitals though they have their own labs offload all the heavy lifting to the public hospitals, because externalising costs is what a profitmaking enterprise does.
medical scientists with 5 years in college are being paid less than their assistants (aka lab aides) who have a 2 year level 7 degree. the hse has acknowledged this and basically told them that its tough titties. the lab aides had a strike recently to get their pay to this level.