Overview
- The strike, called by CESM and the Andalusian Medical Union, marks the third national doctors’ stoppage since June.
- In Madrid, Amyts backs the action with a 10:00 march from Congress to the Health Ministry, while Barcelona hosts parallel demonstrations led by Metges de Catalunya.
- Regional minimum-service plans keep emergency departments and critical care operating, with the heaviest disruption expected in primary care, outpatient specialties and non-urgent surgery.
- The Health Ministry defends its draft after more than 60 meetings, citing biennial mandatory public job offers, a reduction of on-call shifts to a 17-hour cap, weekly limits on guardias and protected rest periods, while noting constitutional and regional-competence constraints.
- Negotiation-table unions including UGT, CCOO, CSIF, SATSE-FSES and CIG-Saúde plan an indefinite strike in January opposing a separate doctors’ law, as APEMYF sets January 14–15 strike days that could open an indefinite phase if demands are unmet.