Overview

• Participation varied sharply across regions, with union figures citing around 90% turnout in Córdoba and Málaga versus roughly 15% in Galicia.
• Non-urgent surgeries, outpatient consultations and diagnostic tests were postponed as hospitals and clinics operated under weekend-level emergency coverage.
• Led by the Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos and regional unions such as SMA and Simex, doctors decry the draft Framework Statute for overlooking workload limits, on-call hour credit and work-life balance.
• The Ministry of Health maintains the reform is a necessary modernization of the 2003 law but has yet to concede on the profession’s core demands.
• Patients faced last-minute cancellations and have called for better advance notice, while unions warn of further walkouts if the government does not reopen negotiations.