Doctors.
The doctors at Donostia Hospital and Txagorritxu will not be overtime in the afternoon shift from today
On the other hand, the Zumarraga Hospital will join the protest from 27 April and the hospitals in Bizkaia from 27 May. They have decided to take this new step in view of the fact that the strike in force "has not caused any anger".
Doctors have taken a further step in their claims, and some have begun to stop doing overtime
The doctors at Osakidetza and Osasunbidea are informing their superiors that they will not perform the voluntary overtime that doctors do in the afternoon and that helps reduce waiting lists, known as "pawns," which will mean, among other things, a reduction in afternoon surgeries.
The Basque Government has expressed concern about the medical strike on the eve of the Ministry of Health and the strike committee meeting on Monday
The unions maintain the mobilization schedule, and if there is no agreement, they will strike again from 27 to 30 April.
The meeting between the Ministry of Health and the medical unions has been suspended after refusing mediation
On 27 March, the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System agreed to propose to the trade unions the mediation of the Platform of Patient Organizations. The unions disagree because the platform "is neither neutral nor expert in labour matters". Both parties have agreed to hold further meetings, but in the meantime the doctors maintain the strike planned for the week of 27 April.
The Government has called on the Ministry of Health and the medical unions to act "responsibly" in the run-up to this afternoon's meeting
After refusing to mediate with the Patient Associations, the medical unions are scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. with the Spanish Ministry of Health to negotiate the statutory dispute.
The Strike Commission and the Ministry of Health resume talks after two weeks of strike
Euskadi, Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands have proposed to the Minister of Health an independent mediation to unblock the medical strike
The health advisers of the Basque Country, Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands have sent a letter to the Minister of Health, Monica García, proposing an independent mediation of the Platform of Patient Organizations to facilitate dialogue between the strike committee and the Ministry and to unblock the strike.
Doctors have demonstrated in front of Donostia Hospital to demand a statute and a minimum wage of their own
Called by the Basque Medical Union, doctors have joined the demands of the general strike of the 17M. Doctors began their second week of strike yesterday to demand their own status.
ACV doctors have called for their demands to be met with "facts"
Hundreds of medical professionals have called on Monday to respond "with facts" to their demands during demonstrations in the three capitals of the Basque Autonomous Community and have been convinced that they will achieve their objectives "at all costs".
1,047 Osakidetza professionals reported attacks in 2025, of which 856 were women
On the occasion of the European Day against Attacks on Health Professionals on Thursday, Osakidetza has detailed that of the total number of attacks reported in 2025, 94 (9%) caused injuries, most of which did not cause casualties. The rest, a total of 953 (91%), were non-injury attacks, such as insults and threats.
The Ministry of Health has reached an agreement with the Medical Forum and the strike could be called off
According to the note published by the Ministry, the agreement gives way to the demands of doctors, who have agreed to direct dialogue on labour issues and to improve the remuneration of guards.
News: Medical strike, mobilization of workers from Tubos Reunidos and Maderas de Llodio, and monitoring session in the Basque Parliament
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Doctors are on their last day of strike this week to demand their own status
The next stops will take place in the week from 16 to 20 March.
Alberto Martínez asks the Ministry to negotiate with doctors or transfer powers to the Basque Country
The Health Counsellor has warned that if the Ministry does not assume its responsibilities, the Basque Country will require the management of health competences.
A judge in Vitoria-Gasteiz has ordered an oral trial for OPE leaks in Osakidetza
Two people related to the Plastic, Aesthetic and Restorative Surgery specialty exam, performed on May 20, 2018, will sit on the bench of the defendants.
Today will be news of the transfer meeting, the second day of the medical strike and the farmers' protests at the border
Today, January 15, 2026, the Government will decide whether the conditions for attending tomorrow's meeting of the Joint Transfer Commission are in place; the doctors in Osakidetza will have a second day of strike, after yesterday's, to demand their own status; and the farmers and farmers in Hego Euskal Herria will make a tractor march towards Biriatu.
Osakidetza doctors have started two days of strike to demand their own status
Some 9,000 professionals are called to unemployment today and tomorrow. There will also be mobilizations in several hospitals in Hego Euskal Herria.
Osakidetza doctors will be on two more strike days on 14 and 15 January
This has been reported by the Medical Union of the Basque Country in a note. The two strike days will take place this week, together with several rallies in Bilbao and Vitoria.
The medical ambulance service in Elgoibar and Toulouse will be public from 7 January
The staff of the ambulances in Gipuzkoa may be subrogated in the Public Health System under the same conditions as before "until the corresponding places have been stabilized by OPE", and may remain in the company but in another workplace.
The Health Counselor asks the Minister of Health to "change his attitude" to the medical strike and the lack of professionals
Counsellor Alberto Martínez has expressed concern that no action is being taken to address the shortage of doctors and has asked for explanations of the organizational model proposed in the Framework Statute for medical guards.