In response to months of demonstrations by doctors’ unions demanding better working and pay conditions, Health Minister Monica García said their demands would be included in a new framework law.
“This discomfort that has been accumulating for many years, not only among doctors but also in the medical profession, will be reflected in the new framework law. The biggest mistake we can make is to stay with the 2003 framework law, which has contributed to all this instability,” the minister said.
García said he had held “more than 60 meetings” with trade unions and autonomous communities, and his roadmap considers “retaining what is currently in force: reductions in security, the right to mediation, the right to rest, restrictions on the working day and, of course, the insecurity and vulnerability of professionals,” he added at the public event “2 Years of Governance” to mark his second anniversary as prime minister. Ministry of Health.
This Saturday, doctors from all over Spain held a new march in Madrid. The march began at a meeting of the House of Commons and ended at the Ministry of Health, expressing its rejection of the draft Statutory Employees Framework Ordinance presented by the Ministry and demanding its own standards.
Last Tuesday, the doctors’ union met with the Ministry of Health to address these issues, but no agreement was reached as the positions remained “very far apart”.
Doctors’ unions are calling for fairer remuneration and better regulation of the working day, including shortening shifts to 16 hours (currently 24 hours) to avoid “infinite shifts” that can exceed 70 hours in some cases.
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