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Viernes, 31 de enero 2025, 13:05
Doctors' discontent with the Statute Framework being developed by the Ministry of Health, which proposes exclusivity in public practice for certain roles (five years after completing residency and intermediate positions), is beginning to take shape. The Spanish Confederation of Medical Unions, along with 11 other medical trade unions, has announced the first schedule of protests across Spain.
The first protest will take place on February 10 at 11 a.m. in various cities across the country, including Alicante. This will precede a demonstration scheduled in front of the Ministry of Health in Madrid on February 13 at 12 p.m.
The medical community is considering a general strike to express their dissatisfaction with a project they believe "discriminates and undervalues" the profession.
Three key issues are fuelling the collective's anger. Firstly, the proposal's incompatibility between public and private practice in certain cases. Additionally, the professional alignment of doctors with other healthcare professionals, and changes in on-call conditions.
Regarding the first issue, exclusivity in the public system is projected for five years following the completion of their training as Resident Medical Interns (MIR), which also extends to intermediate management positions.
In other matters, the proposal equates doctors with other professional groups in group A1, something the medical associations consider unfair, as it equates medical degrees, which have 360 credits and six years of duration, with others that have 240 credits and four years of duration.
Regarding on-call duties, they feel "deceived," as the Draft speaks of implementing 17-hour shifts on non-holidays, "which is already the case, except that on the day of the shift, the doctor will be off in the morning to avoid working 24 consecutive hours, but those seven hours must be made up." This is compounded by the fact that "morning colleagues will have to cover, which will overload the healthcare services."
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