Health asks the Spanish government that residents can work last year without the supervision of doctors

The Minister of Health of the Basque government, Alberto Martínezthe Minister of Health asked on Thursday, Mónica GarcíaThat last year residents of the specialty of family and community medicine can work, especially during the summer periods, without guiding doctors.

During a meeting at the headquarters of the Ministry in Madrid who lasted about two hours, Martínez switched the minister that Osakideetza is a “critical and exceptional situation in the lack of professionals” and asked to do the leadership of his department to do “A joint interpretation” To all autonomous communities with a “legal option”, so that residents of the fourth -year -old general practitioner medicine can practice as doctors.

“They are doctors who have had a career, already for two, three years in the hospital or in primary care,” he said about these residents, who, in his opinion, can work out during the Fourth year of MIR In these points of attention “Without any restriction”.

In this matter, sources from the Ministry have explained to EFE that, as indicated in a report drawn up for the communities, residents last year “within their formation have the opportunity to help, autonomously and independent, the assistance processes as long as they are required to supervise in their formative period.”

In that sense, they remember that the current legislation “makes it possible and no legal change is needed, so that residents can accept autonomous powers last year.”

Doctors in 72 years

Martínez has also asked Garcia to tackle the possibility that doctors can do, voluntarilyExtend its retirement to 72, something to which according to the counselor the minister has committed to ‘studying’.

In this respect, the same health sources have emphasized that andThere is the figure of “Active pension” Those “40 % of first -line care professionals who retired last year have been assigned.”

Martínez remembered that prior to the meeting they had already sent a letter to the minister who reflected ‘the greatest care’ of the Basque health service, the lack of professionals who, as recalled, ” It is the competence of the ministry.

At the same time, he said, the Basque government took measures because the public offer of difficult coverage they hope to have resolved in June.

During the meeting, the counselor transferred the need to increase the number of residents. Along these lines he pointed out that 15,000 students are presented throughout Spain, of which 9000 Plaza, “6000, are lost for the system.” “The accreditation system is too rigid,” said Martínez.

In that sense, the counselor has asked competence in the accreditation of the educational units and greater agility in the approval processes of titles. A series of proposals “proposal and risky”According to Martínez, who has insisted on that “They are needed because they are urgent”. “We have the problem today, we can’t expect anymore”he added.