Foreign Doctors in the Basque Country: Are Basques Needed?
Basque will remain one of the requirements to be competent Work at Osakidetza, according to sources in the Basque government’s health department, albeit with qualifications. And, as was made clear this Wednesday Official Gazette of the Basque Country (BOPV)Doctors and nurses Non-E.U Those who wish to register with the Employment Exchange of the Basque Health Service may do so without complying with Linguistic profileBecause it will be a “temporary agreement” and a “necessary agreement”, according to the same sources.
“It’s a definite point,” he stresses, stressing that these cases with outside professionals European Union (EU) Will not translate into a “long-term” employment relationship. “They are not officers. When you OPE is Basque (Public Employment Offer)”, they justify from the Ministry of Health.
Specifically, a resolution approved Wednesday, January 3 in the Basque Bulletin explains that the Department of Health waives the nationality requirement. Temporary Selection Procedures K Osakidetza Summons, “Before Objective and immediate need for coverage categories or functional positions” therein Attributes that are declared “deficient or difficult to cover”. due to staff shortages, geographical reasons or reasons related to seasonality.”
In total, the decree specifies 52 medical specialties and 3 nurses including allowing the inclusion of non-EU health professionals without knowing the language. “It is an additional provision of the public health law that was brought to the Basque Parliament by the Department of Health and approved,” ministry sources explained, stressing that it is “a measure of the law itself.”
Criticism from union centers
Osakidetza workers’ representatives did not receive the executive’s measure favorably, as they believed that the measure “demonstrates that there is no medium and long-term planning of any kind. Attract professionals” “Instead, this is used Temporary patch “That does not solve the structural problem of Osakidetza in the long run, especially if we consider the Basque language,” he emphasizes. Inigo GardunoGeneral Secretary of the Federation of Health and Socio-Health Sectors of CCOO Euskadi.
“We should facilitate and encourage the use of Basque among Osakidetza professionals, but the way the Basque government is proposing it will only make it harder,” says Garduño. The Ministry of Health, for its part, reaffirms Public Health Act, “a government commitment that has been met and is very important to have.” It is a law that has been defended by the Minister of Health Gotzon Sagardui Before the Basque Parliament, “marks a milestone by providing Euskadi with a Updated legal framework “More effective in improving the health of the Basque population.”
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