Doctors.

Today they held a rally in front of the Prince of Viana Advisory Centre. As the doctors of the Health System call for officials, they do not claim their own status as the rest of the state doctors, but like them they demand an improvement in conditions, an end to 24-hour guards, a reduction in the number of weekly hours of work and sufficient rest time, among others. 

The Medical Union of the Basque Country shall strike against the draft Framework Statute. In the face of negotiations, a Statute of its own has been promulgated, which alone may reflect the specific characteristics of the profession and defend a specific regulation.

The Bureau aims to improve the working conditions of all workers in the National Health System, health and non-health, "without exception, without privileges and without distortions". They criticize the fact that the Ministry is negotiating the Statute in parallel with medical unions.

The new OPE 2026 with difficult coverage is part of a set of measures included in the 'Basque Health Pact', within the strategic line of people's policy, which promotes secondment, loyalty and professional leadership, with the aim of stabilising the workforce and ensuring the continuity of public services.

Unemployment has continued differently in the three Basque provinces: in Bizkaia, 30 per cent of the professionals have supported the strike; in Gipuzkoa, 26.89 per cent; and in Álava, 16.52 per cent, according to Osakidetza.

In the Basque Country, in addition, the Medical Union (SME) has organized rallies in hospitals and outpatient clinics in the three capitals.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Osakidetza is finalizing the allocation of 169 places in Primary Care that are difficult to cover in order to strengthen assistance in rural areas, afternoon shifts and PACs. In addition, the Basque Health Service plans to convene a OPE of more than 4,000 places by the end of the year.

"We are seeing massive budget cuts, particularly from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, that are having a real impact on the treatment of children with malnutrition," said MSF representative Ahmed Aldikhari in a statement.

The Department of Health of the Basque Government says that this year it has also offered as many jobs as possible in the categories of Primary Care, with 115 in Family and Community Medicine, 37 in Family and Community Nursing and 30 in Paediatrics.

Moreover, the language will not alter the tightening of the BAME exam, as Minister Monica Garcia said in the Congressional Health Committee.