Overview
- Official June 2025 figures show more than 18,000 patients awaiting surgery at Reina Sofía, including 4,922 over a year and an average delay of 200 days, over 2,000 more people than a year earlier.
- Andalusia logged 223,074 operations in the first half of 2025, with 20,319 fewer patients pending within guarantee and the average surgical wait down to 108 days, according to the Junta.
- The health delegate in Córdoba announced three extra daily operating sessions, new nursing and anaesthesia hires, a reorganisation of surgical blocks and a new day‑hospital to expand capacity.
- Authorities cite Reina Sofía’s role as a high‑complexity referral center—with 22 reference units, robotic surgery and high transplant activity—as a driver of longer operating times and bottlenecks.
- The rise extends across Córdoba’s network, with increases reported in Pozoblanco (1,366 waiting) and Cabra (3,756, including 662 overdue), while PSOE leaders criticize the situation and question the Junta’s management and data.