Overview

• Relatives of an 82-year-old woman who died in July say she missed required six-month reviews and will lodge a criminal complaint on Tuesday against the Junta and the Andalusian health service.
• Roughly 2,000 women were affected by late notifications for mammography results, with the documented case tying delayed follow-up to fatal harm.
• The regional health minister has resigned, an interim replacement has been named, and the Junta says it has begun a €12 million plan that includes hiring 119 professionals and contacting patients with doubtful findings.
• The family’s lawyer links missed follow-ups to a 2023–2024 IT digitalisation while stressing that legal duties to track inconclusive results remained, as radiology staff highlight chronic understaffing and call for reinforcements.
• By contrast, the Basque health service says it contacts all screened women and typically schedules additional tests for about 9% within roughly a week.