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Galicia Pulls Primary Care Reform, Urges Unions to Call Off Late-November Strike

Rising flu cases create pressure to reach an agreement before services are disrupted.

Overview

  • The walkout in Galicia’s primary care is set to begin on November 26, with some unions extending it to November 27 and 28.
  • The Consellería de Sanidade withdrew the reform that triggered the protest and kept talks open, scheduling a new meeting with sectoral-table unions on Friday.
  • Health chief Antonio Gómez Caamaño pressed unions to match the government’s willingness to negotiate and to weigh the impact on patients.
  • Surveillance data show influenza activity increasing, with a consultation rate of 51.4 per 100,000 and 209 hospital admissions, up 8% week over week.
  • A separate December strike over the national Estatuto Marco is planned, and the primary-care action is led by CIG-Saúde, CSIF, CCOO and UGT.