Primary protests scare future MIR

The Human Resources policy in the National Health System (SNS) is an unmitigated disaster. It is not that the fault lies only with this government. It can simply be said that planning errors have been around for a long time and have increased in the last five years, giving us the grotesque image we have today.. As surprising as it may seem, Spain still lacks a registry of professionals that collects data such as their age or the place in which they practice by centers.

In some medical specialties there are too many physicians and there will be even more in the coming years, and in others not only are there not enough, but there are also no prospects that there will be any. Particularly serious are the cases of family medicine and nursing. The Ministry has been unable to cover more than 200 MIR positions this year, as a result of the bad image transmitted by the situation that primary care is going through among medical students, undoubtedly increased by the protests of the health workers who work in it. .

It is also striking that in Madrid all the places have been filled despite the harsh campaign launched by organizations related to the left, magnifying the alleged neglect of the regional government towards this level of care.. No, future doctors do not want to be part of the family, but it is not the Health of Madrid that causes rejection, but that of other regions. Some governed by the PSOE, by the way. And with regard to nursing, the systematic non-compliance of the administrations regarding the ratios of patients per professional set by organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) cries out to heaven.. When will there be a Patient Safety law?