Overview
- Antonio Sanz apologized for the failures, outlined an action plan launched within six days, and pledged to complete all pending tests by November 30.
- Opposition parties condemned the PP’s refusal to create a parliamentary commission, calling it a “false closure” and demanding fuller explanations and guarantees for affected women.
- Official figures acknowledge failures to communicate inconclusive mammogram results to more than 2,300 women, while patient groups say the total could be higher.
- Spain’s health minister, Mónica García, tied the delays to privatization, as new figures show the Andalusian health service budgets about 3.1% for private clinic contracts in 2026 and 4.4% of spending in 2022 per national statistics.
- The Junta cited staffing measures and announced reinforcements to colorectal and cervical screening programs as PSOE leaders intensified criticism of regional health management.