MLSA members employed by the HSE and Section 38 hospitals have voted by a majority of 93% to take industrial action, up to and including strike action, over the suppression of medical scientist posts by the HSE in its Pay & Numbers Strategy, published in July 2024. The strategy follows a longstanding recruitment and retention crisis in the profession and a recruitment moratorium introduced in late 2023. The turnout in the ballot was 66.9%
The MLSA will consult with members and with other healthcare unions to determine the nature of industrial action to be taken.
Click here for the MLSA press release on the reasons for taking industrial action.