Overview

• President Juan Manuel Moreno apologized for failures in the breast cancer program and told Health Minister Rocío Hernández to find the mistakes and improve management, ruling out an immediate dismissal to avoid a leadership crisis.
• The Junta said protocols in the screening program are being reviewed case by case to determine the scope of delayed notifications, and Moreno urged the Amama association to share details directly with the ministry.
• Opposition parties demanded Hernández’s removal over the diagnostic errors, with PSOE figures and groups such as Por Andalucía and Adelante Andalucía pressing for accountability.
• Courts in Seville and Cádiz are investigating emergency health contracts awarded after the legal basis expired, and three Andalusian Health Service managers have been summoned to testify as investigated on November 25 by Seville’s Court No. 13.
• Health has been the government’s most persistent vulnerability since 2019, with previous health ministers reassigned following management criticisms and continuing calls for a full parliamentary debate on the system’s condition.