Overview
- Roughly 175,000 physicians across Spain are called to strike on 14–15 January, with about 27,000 in Madrid, according to union calls led by APEMYF and backed by major organizations.
- Regional governments have set elevated minimum service levels guaranteeing urgent care, ICUs, dialysis and oncology, which some unions denounce as excessive and restrictive.
- Health Minister Mónica García has asked autonomous communities to state their positions on doctors’ demands and noted several requests extend beyond the national framework law’s scope.
- Regional health chiefs in Madrid, Murcia and Andalusia accuse the ministry of unilateral management, citing draft texts shared via media and the absence of required technical, legal and economic memos.
- Demonstrations are planned in major cities, including a march from Spain’s Congress to the Health Ministry in Madrid, and unions warn they may escalate to an indefinite strike in February if talks stall.