Medical scientists are currently on strike today to restore pay parity. Biochemists in medical labs currently are paid higher than all other medical scientists, even though they are all trained in all areas of the labs.
And they were getting on so well up until this point
Damn, it’s almost like you should improve pay and conditions BEFORE it gets to a strike.
No wonder they’re striking, considering how understaffed every hospital is.
The HSE should just start giving warnings for when hospitals aren’t disrupted and it’ll save everyone a lot of trouble.
Seems like something that is easily solved by simply giving them fair wages…
I know it’s a key characteristic of the HSE and all that but how is the HSE this dysfunctional?! For €21.7 billion a year you would think it could at least pay the people performing some of its most important diagnostic work. And I mean within its current budget. Not by just giving them more money. For context Estonia’s entire annual GDP is €29.5 billion. Just as a random example but they are considered one of the great success stories of modern national development. And all that for €8 billion a year more than what we give the HSE to sit there and be constantly on fire in some way or another.
Nurses average salary is around 40k, but let’s say 50k to be safe. 1 billion could get you 20,000 nurses, which woukd be a 25% increase in nurses in the country. Where the feck did the extra 1 billion we’ve added every year to the HSE budget for the last God knows how many years go? We could have nurses coming out our ears, but instead it dissappears, and the service gets worse
Uh oh dissidents, will the government sanction them to keep them in line?
The HSE won’t be disrupted by a strike. The HSE will be disrupted by it’s terrible salaries and working conditions for it’s professionals.
Starting salary for a biochemist is €37,000, going up to €100,000. Thats basic pay. Overtime and allowances on top.
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Medical scientists are currently on strike today to restore pay parity. Biochemists in medical labs currently are paid higher than all other medical scientists, even though they are all trained in all areas of the labs.
And they were getting on so well up until this point
Damn, it’s almost like you should improve pay and conditions BEFORE it gets to a strike.
No wonder they’re striking, considering how understaffed every hospital is.
The HSE should just start giving warnings for when hospitals aren’t disrupted and it’ll save everyone a lot of trouble.
Seems like something that is easily solved by simply giving them fair wages…
I know it’s a key characteristic of the HSE and all that but how is the HSE this dysfunctional?! For €21.7 billion a year you would think it could at least pay the people performing some of its most important diagnostic work. And I mean within its current budget. Not by just giving them more money. For context Estonia’s entire annual GDP is €29.5 billion. Just as a random example but they are considered one of the great success stories of modern national development. And all that for €8 billion a year more than what we give the HSE to sit there and be constantly on fire in some way or another.
Nurses average salary is around 40k, but let’s say 50k to be safe. 1 billion could get you 20,000 nurses, which woukd be a 25% increase in nurses in the country. Where the feck did the extra 1 billion we’ve added every year to the HSE budget for the last God knows how many years go? We could have nurses coming out our ears, but instead it dissappears, and the service gets worse
Uh oh dissidents, will the government sanction them to keep them in line?
The HSE won’t be disrupted by a strike. The HSE will be disrupted by it’s terrible salaries and working conditions for it’s professionals.
Starting salary for a biochemist is €37,000, going up to €100,000. Thats basic pay. Overtime and allowances on top.