Overview
- After meeting Health Minister Mónica García, the ministry agreed to include technicians’ demands in the Estatuto Marco, work toward a university degree, and send an updated draft within four to five days.
- Extremadura’s senior health technicians kept up pressure with hospital protests after four days of strikes targeting pay, classification, and training recognition.
- The collective seeks EU-aligned qualifications, conversion of higher vocational training to a university degree, and reclassification to Group B with corresponding pay.
- Health service disruptions have forced some patients to repeat blood tests after unprocessed samples likely spoiled during stoppages, according to technicians and health sources.
- In Galicia, the Simega union ended talks with Sergas and called a primary-care strike for November 26, aligning with other unions’ actions and demanding voluntary on-call duty, rejection of non-MIR accreditation, and withdrawal of FEAP plans, while the Xunta pledges no alternative MIR routes and a moderated FEAP rollout.