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He Government approved on Tuesday a royal decree regulating the allocation of 52 million euros in funding 706 new places in the field of medicine in Spanish public universities, representing an increase of 15%.
At a press conference after the meeting of the Council of Ministers, the Acting Spokesperson for the Minister, Isabella Rodriguezreported that this measure is intended to contribute to a long-term increase in the availability of medical workers and curb the shortage of medical workers in certain specialties.
Rodriguez explained that this provision of assistance is aimed at strengthening public universitiesas soon as the increase in private university graduates was discovered.
This is a measure agreed with the communities that have jurisdiction in this area. “The government encourages autonomy in such competition as healthcare,” the acting minister said.
Insufficient number of graduates
This royal decree, in the opinion of the government, provides a response to the needs outlined in studies published by the Ministry of Health on the need to supply doctors and, in particular, in the report for 2021-2025, which confirms the insufficiency number of graduates faculties Medicine and the need for specialties such as family and community medicine.
Rodriguez recalled that this deficit This is a consequence of the long cut in public MIR offerings between 2011 and 2018, although it states that as of 2018 “there has been a policy of reversing these cuts, accompanying the Autonomous Communities in increasing MIR positions and in emergency measures such as active retirement.”
According to the Ministry of Health, beneficiaries must submit a request for an advance payment of a subsidy to the General Directorate of a professional organization through the electronic headquarters of the ministry.
Applications will begin at 10:00 on August 10 and end at 10:00 on September 4.
