Health advances a notable improvement in May waiting lists

The Health Minister of Navarra, Fernando Domínguez, announced during the Plenary monographic Health of the Parliament that the Foral Community will close the month of May with a notable improvement in the waiting list being the best data recorded since September.

“Unless the system has been broken in the last few hours, the figures are going to be the best since September because All the measures presented are in place and the system is almost 100%“, announced the counselor who, although he has acknowledged that he could not fulfill his commitment to reduce the waiting list by 1,000 people per month, has assured that the new figures show that this is possible.

Regarding the criticism of non-compliance with the Guarantees Law, he stated that “perhaps what needs to be proposed is to update this law and make it really useful for patients because things have nothing to do with 2008”, the year of its approval.

Domínguez has assumed that in Primary Care “There are some centers with major access problems”but has considered it “unfair for the majority of the staff and the efforts of management and the three area directorates” for this situation to become generalized since it also There are centers that work very well and “in all cases, if you come with an emergency, you are attended to immediately.”

The current approach to Primary Care is 40 years old and, as he has stated, requires “a change in organizational direction” in line with what is being worked on. In this sense, she has criticized the spokespersons for constantly asking for structural changes and criticizing when these are carried out, defending that “the reorganization of professionals is necessary.”

Regarding the hospital network, he stated that “a step forward must be taken with the creation of unique areas of some specialties”, particularly those with the greatest lack of professionals.

“Catastrophic messages and half-truths”

The counselor has shown visibly upset with the criticism from the opposition that always resorts to “the same catastrophic messages without concrete proposals or proposals as if we had 5,000 million in budget and 17,000 workers on staff” using “mantras” and “half-truths.”

“Navarrean healthcare, although some may regret it, is exceptional”has proclaimed, clarifying that this is not because of him or the senior officials of the department but “for each of the professionals who work on a daily basis and the solidity in the management of the organization that has been built over the years. “under governments of different colors.

Regarding the budget, he considered that “The most absurd criticism that could be made is to say that they are the highest in history“since “you don’t spend on health, you invest and that costs money and more every year.” He also assured that they are not the Spanish community that spends the most on health and has urged Do not confuse the budget with the actual expenditurea matter in which they have been in third place for years.

Health “is much more than care,” he recalled, claiming the work done by the Institute of Public and Occupational Health of Navarra, the Miguel Servet Foundation or the General Directorate of Health, entities that “have very important challenges on the table that as they generate less noise that healthcare providers have forgotten to mention or have not wanted to do so.

In this sense, the drafting of the new Regional Health Law, or the launch of the public health transport company, the drafting of a new Health Plan, fair and responsible regulation of pharmaceutical products, the expansion of some cancer screenings, the signing of new agreements with concerted centers or the development of environmental health projects.