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U-turn by regional health bosses after Torrevieja Hospital staff voted for strike action on Spain's Costa Blanca

‘Profound crisis’ at Hospital Costa del Sol: 75,000 patients remain on waiting list for surgery, tests and appointments

A DOCTOR’S union has denounced what it describes as a ‘profound crisis’ at the Hospital Universitario Costa del Sol in Malaga, due to underfunding and

10 Jan, 2024 @ 13:08

Costa del Sol·Health·Lead

Revealed: The best public and private hospitals in Spain

Two top healthcare officials quit in Spain’s Andalucia region in the midst of a waiting-list crisis

TWO of the most senior officials in Andalucia’s regional healthcare system have quit their roles, in the midst of a waiting-list crisis in the southern

27 Dec, 2023 @ 14:43

Andalucia·Health·Lead

Britain is no longer attractive to health workers from Spain: Nurses blast post-Brexit rules and worsening conditions

A COMBINATION of Brexit and worsening work conditions have prompted more and more Spanish nursing staff to up sticks and leave the United Kingdom. In

12 Dec, 2023 @ 12:54

Health·Lead

Ramon, 94, pushes his wife's wheelchair due to lack of ambulances

Husband, 94, goes viral in Spain after being forced to push his sick wife on a wheelchair from hospital due to a lack of ambulances

THE PLIGHT of a 94-year-old man from Spain has gone viral on social media after a photo was widely shared of him pushing his wife

5 Dec, 2023 @ 14:46

Catalunya·Health·Lead

Spain to reduce working hours after socialist parties PSOE and Sumar agree to form a government – but they’ll need to win the all-important investiture vote first

THE POLITICAL stalemate that has reigned in Spain since the inconclusive general election of July 23 was a step closer to ending on Tuesday, after

24 Oct, 2023 @ 13:30

Lead·Must Read·Politics

Lonely cancer patient, 60, asks to be sent to be PRISON on Spain’s Costa del Sol because he is ‘tired of being alone 24/7’

A 60-YEAR-OLD cancer sufferer from Granada has requested to be voluntarily taken into prison because, he says, he is afraid of ‘being alone’ all day

8 Sep, 2023 @ 11:51

Granada·Health·Lead

‘Newsweek’ magazine includes six Spanish hospitals on its list of the world’s 100 best

PRESTIGIOUS US magazine Newsweek has just published its fifth annual list of the world’s best hospitals, and six Spanish healthcare centres are featured among the

11 Jul, 2023 @ 18:45

Health·Lead

Masks are made mandatory in Spain's Valencia region: This is where you must cover your face from TODAY amid spike in Covid and flu cases

Spain’s health minister floats idea of scrapping mask use in healthcare settings

MORE THAN three years after the coronavirus pandemic first hit Spain, the health minister has suggested that the time may have arrived to remove obligatory

17 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Politics

Police in Spain seize passport of toddler after parents seek female genital mutilation procedure

THE AUTHORITIES in Catalonia have confiscated the passport of a 17-month-old girl in a bid to prevent her parents from subjecting her to female genital

14 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Cybercriminals demand €4.2 after ransomware attack on Clinic hospital in Spain’s Barcelona

THE CYBERCRIMINALS behind a so-called ‘ransomware’ attack on the Clinic Hospital in Barcelona are demanding a payment of €4.2 million before they will release the

10 Mar, 2023 @ 18:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead

Assaults on doctors hit record high in Spain

THE NUMBER of violent acts suffered by medical professionals in Spain hit a new high in 2022, with a total 843 physical or verbal assaults

9 Mar, 2023 @ 17:12

Health·Lead·National News

Hospital in Barcelona suffers cyberattack and is forced to significantly reduce healthcare services

Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, one of Barcelona’s biggest public hospitals, was victim to a ransomware attack on the morning of Sunday 5 March. The hospital

6 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Protestors come out in force on streets of Madrid to denounce regional government’s ‘dismantling’ of healthcare system

HUNDREDS of thousands of people came out to protest on the streets of Madrid today, to denounce what they called the ‘dismantling’ of the region’s

12 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Health·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain’s central government takes action after region promises anti-abortion measures

A BIZARRE row over abortion measures has sparked a crisis in the Castilla y Leon regional government, and has also dragged in the central administration

17 Jan, 2023 @ 17:42

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

725 complaints to Ombudsman for alleged medical negligence in Malaga

There were more than 700 reports of medical negligence in the Malaga province last year, new figures show. According to a new report the Patient

16 Jan, 2023 @ 17:45

Almeria·Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Health·Huelva·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·National News·Premium·Sevilla

Chairman of private healthcare group slams Spain’s public system, calling it ‘broken’

THE CHAIRMAN of the private HM Hospitales healthcare group, the third-largest in Spain, has caused controversy in the sector after claiming that the public system

15 Jan, 2023 @ 10:00

Health·Lead·National News

Madrid doctors and paediatricians temporarily halt indefinite strike to evaluate offer from regional government

AN INDEFINITE strike by doctors in Madrid has been suspended temporarily while union representatives consider an offer from the regional government to improve their conditions.

23 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Health·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Madrid premier slams massive protest by healthcare sector as attempt by the left to ‘burn down’ the capital

SOME 200,000 people took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to protest against the regional government’s management of the health system and to demand

14 Nov, 2022 @ 17:00

Lead·National News

Ten very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain

JANUARY 17, 2022 has been identified as the most depressing day of the year, aptly named Blue Monday. But rather than focus on what makes

17 Jan, 2022 @ 18:55

Lead·National News

The incidence rate in Spain rises to medium risk

Coronavirus incidence rate creeps up and pushes Spain into ‘medium risk’ category again

THE COVID-19 incidence rate in Spain has risen slightly over the past week and is now at 51.61 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The latest data

4 Nov, 2021 @ 19:23

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

Over 21% of 'thirty-somethings' are not vaccinated against COVID-19 in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain

What you need to know as Spain’s flu vaccine campaign officially gets underway

THE Health Ministry has officially launched this year’s flu vaccine campaign across Spain, but who is eligible? And how do you get a jab? Firstly

27 Oct, 2021 @ 09:30

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News

HEALTHCARE BOOST: Regional government in Spain’s Valencia triples investment into the public system

President Puig revealed that the funds will be shared out among the three provinces according to size and population, meaning Alicante will receive €244 million,

3 Jun, 2021 @ 14:00

Alicante·Castellon·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

AT LAST: New dialysis centre for Castellon’s Vinaros to open next month

VINAROS (Castellon) will have a new dialysis centre in March. Patients with kidney trouble will be able to begin receiving treatment at the improved installations

9 Feb, 2021 @ 14:15

Valencian Community

Spain’s Malaga records the lowest number of daily Covid infections in seven months and zero deaths

Spain’s Andalucia surpasses peak of hospital admissions in March, registering 2,764 hospitalised COVID-19 patients

THE number of people hospitalised in Andalucia for coronavirus reached 2,764 this Monday. The start of this week has has seen hospital admission numbers exceeding

3 Nov, 2020 @ 10:00

Lead

Vox wants to remove free healthcare for non residents in Spain during the coronavirus crisis

VOX has asked to remove free healthcare for non residents during the state of emergency.

25 Mar, 2020 @ 14:32

Health·Lead·Politics

Expats’ healthcare should be a right not a privilege

Many expats have paid their taxes for years and rightly expect affordable care as they age.

27 Sep, 2019 @ 14:45

Lead·Opinion