2024-01-29 13:33:00
01/20/2024 The Minister of Health, Mónica García, offers statements to the press, following her visit to the candidates taking the MIR exam, at the Ministry of Health, on January 20, 2024, in Madrid (Spain ). In this call there will be 13,990 applicants, which represents an increase of 10.4% compared to 2023, that is, 1,315 more candidates will appear. These 13,990 recent graduates who have been admitted to the MIR exam will be eligible for 8,772 places (of which 2,492 are allocated to Family Medicine). Thus, the ratio stands at 1.6 doctors for each position, that is, more than 5,200 applicants will not be able to begin their specialized training this year HEALTH A. Pérez Meca – Europa Press
The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has adhered to the manifesto signed by several communities to urge the Ministry of Health to adopt measures at the national level to address the deficit in Family and Community Medicine Resident Internal Physician (MIR) positions. as well as on the accreditation criteria of these specialists. In this way, the Canary Islands joins the Basque Country, Andalusia, Catalonia, Castilla y León, Aragón, La Rioja, Murcia, Madrid, Valencia, Extremadura, Galicia, the Balearic Islands and Cantabria, which have already signed this manifesto in favor of improvements in the field of Primary Care, as reported by the regional Executive in a press release. The manifesto, which was promoted by the governments of Galicia and the Basque Country, demands urgent shock measures from the Ministry of Health due to the lack of doctors in Primary Care and proposes concrete actions to alleviate the deficit of MIR places in Family and Community Medicine. In addition, the document includes six proposals for urgent measures of ministerial competence that might contribute to resolving the situation of lack of MIR in Primary Care, while at the same time it might serve as “the basis for a great national agreement” on shock measures to confront a problem that is currently affecting professionals and patients throughout the country. Among the proposals for urgent measures of ministerial competence included in the document and that might contribute to resolving the situation of lack of MIR in Primary Care is the one that calls for guaranteeing that the system for choosing MIR places does not leave vacant places because ” “It is necessary to find exceptional solutions that make it easier to fill all the places offered.” It is also requested to urgently expand the number of specialized medical training places in Family and Community Medicine to be able to face the generational change, which is why it is necessary to modify the regulations on accreditation requirements for teaching units to make this process more flexible. and agile. Likewise, it is considered necessary to carry out a call for extraordinary MIR positions in the specialty of Family and Community Medicine to encourage the increase in these positions by correcting the current and future deficit situation due to planned retirements. The document also highlights the importance of developing instruments that allow the National Health System to plan its training offer more rigorously in the future. Finally, and within the framework of the Primary Care Action Plan 2022-2023 adopted by the Interterritorial Council of the SNS, they propose to promote and implement all measures that facilitate the competency development of the doctor specializing in Family and Community Medicine, providing them with time and space to recover its role as the backbone of the best comprehensive care for citizens.
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