Overview

• The regional government said it will clear all pending breast‑screening cases by November 30 and will concentrate resources at Seville’s Virgen del Rocío hospital, where about 90% of the backlog sits.
• The plan adds 119 staff across the system and updates the protocol so women with probably benign findings that require surveillance are proactively notified after double reading by radiologists.
• Prosecutors have admitted a complaint from the Patient’s Defender group, and political parties and associations are filing or preparing additional complaints while lawyers organize collective and individual civil claims.
• Existing Andalusian high court case law on malpractice and the loss‑of‑chance doctrine will guide compensation claims, with lawyers stressing that documented harm and timelines will be pivotal.
• All opposition parties have requested a parliamentary inquiry, and the national Health Ministry has asked other regions and the interterritorial screening body for protocol data.