Letters to the Editor: Medical scientists' pay inequality has fallen off the radar 

One reader highlights an aspect of pay and career inequality, while others consider topics including the recent protests outside Dáil Éireann, and approaches to mental health care

A medical scientist writes that the workplace in his field is being ignored, and points out that diagnostics is something that affects all patients. Stock picture: Jes2ufoto/Alamy

I wish to highlight the long-standing and ongoing pay and career inequality that exists in the Irish workforce and health care service.

I am a medical scientist, currently working in the haematology department of the Mercy University hospital, and I am writing to inform the Irish public about this ongoing matter as, since our two days of industrial action back in May 2022, it seems to have fallen off the radar and I am routinely asked by members of the public as to the outcome of that action and the current situation.