Four of the five unions with representation on the SAS Board, Satse, CSIF, CCOO and UGT, have estimated a 75% follow-up to the strike called this Wednesday in Andalusian public health centers between 08:00 and 11:00. The union organizations, which represent eight out of ten public health professionals, have described the day of strikes, called at the demand of the compliance with Primary Care and professional career agreementsthe consolidation and increase of staff and the updating of the SAS temporary employment pool without cut-off marks.
The monitoring of the strikes and the demonstrations at the doors of the Andalusian health centres have had a “great participation” in support of the demands, explained CCOO in a note sent to the media, despite the attempt of the Ministry of Health of obstructing the right to strike and confusing staff by sending messages about minimum services that do not correspond to reality.
In numerous Primary Care centers, 100% follow-up of stoppages has been achievedpoints out CCOO, while In hospitals, participation has been above 60%. Given the lack of dialogue on the part of those responsible for the Health Administration, the union organizations have been forced to call these strikes, protests that will continue on the path of mobilizations if there is no response from the Board and They comply with the signed agreements, the union assures.
The union organizations organizers regret the inconvenience that these mobilizations may have caused to citizens, although they emphasize that their main objectives are to guarantee decent and quality care that stops the deterioration of Andalusian public health.
For its part, The Ministry of Health has estimated the monitoring of the three hours of unemployment at 4.5%. According to data from the Andalusian Government, of the 60,655 professionals called to strike who were on the morning shift, 2,768 have supported the strike. Breaking down by province, the Board estimates that the monitoring in Almeria and 374 unemployed professionals; in Cadiz7.04% and 417 unemployed professionals; Cordova3.17% and 217 professionals; Grenade9.33% and 586 professionals; Huelva2.99% and 122 professionals; Jaen2.53% and 129 professionals; Malaga3.85% and 534 professionals, and in Seville2.98% follow-up and 389 professionals on strike.
Salud wanted to show its “understanding and respect” for the concerns that have led to the health strike. “The voices of health workers are vital to the continuous improvement of our public health system and it is essential that their concerns are heard and addressed appropriately,” she added.
In this regard, the Board has made a Call to unions to “resume dialogue and continue working together”, with the objective of “strengthening and improving the public health system, thus guaranteeing quality and accessible care for all citizens.” “We are committed to activating working groups where the necessary measures to respond to the demands of the health sector can be discussed and agreed upon,” he stressed.
The Ministry has shown its commitment to ensuring that meetings with union organizations “are construction spaceswhere all parties can contribute and find solutions that benefit both health professionals and the patients themselves”, and has highlighted that “collaboration and consensus are essential to move towards a more efficient, fair and equitable health system “.
Union reactions
The protest organized within the framework of the health strike at the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville was attended by the spokesperson for the Federation of Health and Socio-health Sectors of CCOO Andalusia, Luis González, who has warned that the industry advisor, Catalina García “is toxic.” “We have never had a million people on a waiting list or a month of delay in primary care, as well as agreements that are not fulfilled and flight of professionals,” she added. “We demand that the Andalusian Government rectify and return to us the 15,000 colleagues who have been dismissed in recent years, that it comply with the agreements signed and that it issue stock market listings that do not exclude 250,000 people,” he stated, warning that the This Wednesday “is a first warning and we are not going to stop if they do not change their attitude. Healthcare needs political will and the regional Executive has its sights set on privatization.”
On the other hand, Antonio Macías, from the UGT Andalusia Health Department, has asserted that this Wednesday’s health strike “has been a success”, but has pointed out that the Administration “has behaved in the hospitals in a sloppy and dictatorial manner, intimidating the staff without letting them go out to the concentrations.” “There is a widespread complaint about the behavior of the managers of our society. We need valid interlocutors to be able to negotiate and improve agreements and conditions of professionals and with the team of the Ministry of Health and the SAS it is impossible,” he lamented. At this point, he highlighted that the Board “is trying to sell that the summer plan is a success, opening 1,500 health centers in the morning, which is an obligation, or that only 25% of the centers are going to open.” in the afternoon or hire 10,000 professionals in August to replace 120,000.”
For its part, Reyes Zabala, the provincial secretary of Satse Sevilla, has emphasized the “repeated non-compliance of Health, the latest with the minimum services of the strike, which they have boycotted by publishing this morning in the BOJA instead of delivering it to colleagues the previous days.” Furthermore, Zabala has pointed out that Andalusian health “has said enough” in the face of “the breaches of agreements to improve health, which are here to be fulfilled”, asserting that “we are not going to allow this lack of respect for unions, professionals and users.” “.
Finally, the head of CSIF Sanidad Sevilla, Silvia Zafrahas pointed out that “it has been more than a year since the agreement to improve the primary school was signed and no point has been met”, and has described it as a “joke” to union representatives, workers and users.”
For his part, the Andalusian Medical Union (SAM), the only group that has not been present at the protests, has shared with the other four union centers the demand to “update the pool” of temporary employment, a demand that it has described as “urgent” and that the SAS “must implement now “the new professional career model. However, he assured in a note sent to the media, “the first thing that the Board has to guarantee is that citizens who need it are guaranteed medical assistance”, which is why he has missed the demand for an increase in doctors. on the day of protests.