Overview
- The Health Ministry issued a formal requirement under article 44 of Law 29/1998 giving PP-governed communities one month to submit screening indicators before filing contentious-administrative lawsuits.
- The request seeks standardized data for breast, colorectal, and cervical screening from the past five years or whatever is currently available, following the consensus information protocol approved in April.
- Officials say the push was prompted by the Andalusia breast-screening failure in which more than 2,000 women did not receive results or needed follow-up.
- PP regional leaders dispute the demand, citing claims of exclusive competence, the absence of a functioning IT platform, or political misuse of information, and some walked out of the Interterritorial Council in protest.
- Non-PP regions have provided data or signaled readiness to do so, while PP officials argue they already share information through existing channels and accuse the ministry of causing unnecessary alarm.