The president of the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN), José Polo, has shown his support this Tuesday for the medical strike called by the unions for the next October 28 and has insisted on the need for a specific Framework Statute for the medical collective."We believe and support...
The Nursing Union (SATSE) has reiterated that the nursing staff is "already very overloaded with work," which is why it has once again demanded "reinforcements to avoid the problems that always occur during the flu campaign."The organization has insisted that all health services "do not fall into the same mistake...
The Nursing Union (SATSE) has once again warned that, for another summer, numerous health centers and hospitals have been affected by the shortage of midwives, which, in their view, prevents ensuring adequate and safe care for women and newborns.The organization emphasizes that the "common origin" of these situations, both in...
The Andalusian Society of Family and Community Medicine (SAMFyC) has urged the Ministry of Health and the other involved administrations to ensure real reinforcements of professionals and sufficient material resources to cover the care needs, given the situation generated by the migratory crisis in Ceuta.The entity also demands concrete support...
The PSOE has warned this Monday that the recent organic reorganization of the Health Department of the Government of Aragón implies, in their view, a model shift that weakens primary care, reduces the relevance of mental health, and strengthens the presence of private healthcare in the planning of the public...
With the spending ceiling already validated in the Parliament of Galicia, the president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, has clear pillars on which he wants to build the upcoming regional budgets: he intends to "continue with the shock plan for dependency," boost Primary Care, and go "very in-depth" in housing...
The National Institute of Health Management (INGESA), in coordination with the Government Delegation, has launched an extraordinary reinforcement device in Primary and Specialized Care in Ceuta with the aim of ensuring health coverage in the face of the massive arrival of people from Morocco.As pointed out by the Ministry of...
The Spanish Society of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (SEMG) and the Spanish Network for Research on Persistent Covid (REiCOP) are part of "FEMFIT360-SOCIAL", a collaborative project that, over two years, will analyze the health and social needs of women over 50 years old with HIV, persistent Covid, or cardiovascular...
The Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN) and the Spanish Association of Eosinophilic Esophagitis (AEDESEO) have signed a framework agreement for collaboration with the aim of promoting joint projects that contribute to improving knowledge, care, and management of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in the context of Primary Care (AP).EoE is...
A paper signed by family doctors José Luis Ramón Trapero, Lucas Matute Zigarán, and Ibon Mendiolagaray Bilbao concludes that the increasing recurrence of fires "will trigger new clinical pictures that will require a specific approach from Family and Community Medicine."The article, published in the specialized journal 'Actualización en Medicina de...
The Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians (SEMG) has recognized at its latest National Congress a digital tool that combines scientific evidence and artificial intelligence (AI) to reinforce the screening of diseases in migrant individuals.This technological solution is integrated into the project "Digital application to guide the screening of...
The Health Circle has warned that the recent increase in public health spending is "insufficient" to "balance resources and alleviate the care pressure of the National Health System (SNS)" in a context of a population "increasingly older and with chronic multimorbidities"."Funding is still lacking, but so is the surgical precision...
The Ecology and Development Foundation (ECODES) and the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (SEMFYC) have signed a framework collaboration agreement with the aim of launching joint initiatives that promote sustainability in healthcare and strengthen the involvement of professionals in action against climate change.The agreement is articulated through "Healthcare...
The spokesperson for Sanidade of the BNG, Montse Prado, has again warned that Galician public health "is getting worse" this summer, denouncing that there are "fewer staff than ever to attend to more people" in a context of "population that multiplies" during these months.In an appearance this Monday in the...
The parliamentary groups of PP and Vox have voted against a PSOE motion in the Extremadura Assembly that sought to urge the Junta to tackle the "assistance delay" currently suffered by Primary Health Care and to reinforce staff, especially in areas of more difficult coverage.The initiative, supported by Unidas por...
The Minister of Health and Dependency Care, Sara García Espada, has stressed that 16.5 million euros have been allocated in this fiscal year, two million more than last year, with the aim of "guaranteeing healthcare in the summer". In contrast, the spokesperson for the Socialist Parliamentary Group, Isabel Gil Rosiña,...
A work developed by a resident internal physician (MIR) of Family and Community Medicine, recognized by the Spanish Society of General and Family Physicians (SEMG), has evidenced the effect that gender inequalities have on the health of women living in rural areas.The study, titled "Discrimination of Women in Rural Environments"...
The People's Party (PP) describes the new offer of Specialized Health Training (FSE) positions presented this Tuesday by the Ministry of Health as "a new disappointment," which includes an increase of almost 4 percent compared to the previous call, going from 12,366 to 12,850 positions.The party has indicated that this...
Two questions directed to the President of the Junta de Extremadura, María Guardiola, regarding the high-risk forest fire campaign, the appearances of the Minister of Economy, Employment and Digital Transformation, Guillermo Santamaría, and the Minister of Health and Dependency Care, Sara García Espada, along with the proposal by Vox to...
The adequate level of knowledge about heart failure in Primary Care consultations, along with optimal access to diagnostic tests from this first level of care, constitute the main conclusions of the "MICENAS" study. Its preliminary results have been the basis for the winning poster in this category during the recent...
Seven out of ten patients who went to their family doctor within the National Health System (SNS) had to wait more than one day to be seen, as they could not find an available slot before, with an average wait of 10.27 days. In contrast, only 21.8 percent obtained an...
Faced with the controversy generated in recent days by the increase in work absences, the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians (SEMERGEN) admits that this increase represents a major challenge for the sustainability of the healthcare system. At the same time, it rejects that the public debate focuses on questioning...
The Plenary of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System (SNS) has given the green light to the distribution of 235,449,950 euros corresponding to the 2026 budget among the autonomous communities and the National Health Management Institute (INGESA), with the aim of underpinning various benefits, strategies, and services of...
The Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) has proposed implementing the responsible declaration of work absence due to illness (DRALE), so that employees can self-certify absences of up to three days for mild and self-limiting conditions without needing to manage a medical leave, with the aim of optimizing...
The Socialist Group in the Assembly has offered the president of the Board, María Guardiola, the implementation of a "shock plan" endowed with 250 million euros to reverse the current situation of Primary Health Care in Extremadura and to confront the "privatization model" that, in their opinion, the PP is...