The alliance today calls for a mass demonstration in Madrid to defend the rights of the health system and the profession, and calls for an increase in the number of nurses
Nursing Unit warns that patient safety in Spain is not optimally guaranteed due to the existing structural and chronic shortage of nursing staff, which entails a greater chance of risks, complications, readmissions, side effects and death. This important issue has been one of the reasons why the Nursing Unit held a major demonstration in Madrid today, June 18, with the aim of defending the health system and the rights of nurses in the country.
The Nursing Unit denounces the serious lack of care security that exists in health and social health centers in Spain, as they do not have a sufficient staff of nurses who can provide quality care and attention to patients and the general public. This important issue has been one of the reasons why the Nursing Unit, formed by the main organizations and associations representing the interests of the 325,000 Spanish nurses, has convened a major demonstration in Madrid to defend the health system and the rights of nurses.
Nursing Unit emphasizes that the structural and chronic shortage of nursing staff across the state carries a greater potential for risks, complications, readmissions, adverse effects and even deaths, as confirmed by numerous national and international scientific studies published in recent years. .
In this regard, consider that Spain has a ratio of 5.6 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, while the European average is almost 9 nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, which puts it in the last positions based on this classification and far behind countries with more than 13 nurses per thousand inhabitants, such as in Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Germany
As a result of this “structural and chronic shortage of staff in all Spanish Autonomous Communities”, the Nursing Unit points out that the number of patients each nurse has to treat, both in hospitals and in health centers and social health centers, is doubling and even tripling the recommended figures to ensure the quality and ensure the safety of care at all times.
The Nursing Unit emphasizes that all government services must prioritize improving people’s health, well-being and quality of life, but unfortunately, and despite numerous commitments made during the Covid-19 pandemic, the reality is that the current health system the same problems and structural deficiencies, of resources and resources. The long waiting times to access consultations, diagnostic tests or surgical interventions, the situations of collapse in the centers and especially in certain services, such as Emergencies, the permanent overload and care tension, the closure, temporary or permanent, of units and services . .. are some of the problems that seriously affect the quality of care, the nursing unit said.
“Given this unfortunate reality, and once the disinterest and apathy of government departments and political parties has been verified, the key organizations and organizations representing the 325,000 nurses understand that the time has come to come forward and publicly and together with patients and citizens, that the current situation must change in the general interest of preserving one of our main pillars of the welfare state».
For this reason, the nursing unit manifests itself today in Madrid. An unprecedented outcry in the recent history of nursing in the country. This demonstration is one of several protest and defense actions for the profession and health that the nursing unit plans to develop in the coming months with the clear goal of uniting the voice of all nursing in favor of the health and safety of patients. and society as a whole, the sustainability of the health system and the professional promotion and defense of the interests of nurses.
Source: La Verdad
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