Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has described plans by public health specialists to go on strike during the pandemic as regrettable and disappointing. The doctors have been campaigning for some time for public health to become a consultant-led service and for public health specialists to be awarded consultant contracts “to reflect their expertise and specialist skills”. Public health specialists earn about € 113,000. He said he had been in post for five months and had secured funding to double the public health workforce. It is understood the public health doctors are concerned Government proposals may not mean all existing public health specialists automatically upgraded to consultant positions, but instead have them compete for posts as they come on stream

Source: The Irish Times November 29, 2020 15:22 UTC