Sir, – The headline “Proposals to make junior doctors feel more valued in health service” (July 8th) says it all really.
Why anyone would invest many years of study and a huge financial outlay to be called a “junior” doctor for the rest of their working lives is beyond me.
I hope the new Strategic Review Working Group charged with reviewing the training and career structures of these strangely named medical professionals will begin at the beginning and come up with a title that properly reflects their contribution to the health service, and I don’t mean the term “non-consultant hospital doctors”, which is only slightly less demeaning than “junior”.
The HSE spends vast amounts every year on PR, much of which has no positive effect on the public perception of the health service. Maybe they could divert a tiny fraction of that budget towards coming up with a less archaic way of identifying a group of people who, along with nurses, form the backbone of the HSE. – Yours, etc,
LOUIS HOGAN,
Glendasan Drive,
Harbour View,
Wicklow Town.