Overview
- Of 106 family-medicine graduates this year, 39 are working in Basque health centers and 29 hold other public posts, including 22 in hospital emergency departments, 4 in home hospitalization and 3 in ambulance services.
- Osakidetza offered 119 primary-care destinations for newly qualified family doctors and filled 39, while just 4 of 27 pediatric vacancies were taken.
- The Health Department confirms that 37 newly trained family doctors are not yet registered on Osakidetza’s contracting lists.
- The Basque government’s recruitment plan offers three-year contracts with a €56,629 base salary, with additional pay available for extra hours and on-call shifts.
- Regional competition is intensifying as other communities publicize comparable packages, including €56,600 in Madrid, €55,000 in Galicia and €61,000 in Cantabria, and Osatzen has challenged the recent adjudication of 169 “difficult coverage” posts over perceived inequities from added incentives.