Overview
- President Juanma Moreno detailed 4,370 new health hires for 2026, including about 1,200 doctors, with 2,292 staff to be added before the end of 2025.
- More than €100 million will fund the recruitment of 705 professionals to correct breast-cancer screening errors, with colon and cervical screening also addressed.
- The SAS screening service chief has resigned, and additional dismissals are expected as the agency, now led by Health Minister Antonio Sanz, assumes responsibility.
- An external commission of experts will lead a deep reform to modernize the SAS, emphasizing digitalization and the use of artificial intelligence.
- Technicians have contacted roughly 2,000 affected women, with follow-up tests due by 15 November and final results promised by the end of November.