The Junta de Andalucía recently accused the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs of refusing to allow more positions for Resident Internal Physicians (MIR) in key specialties such as Neurology, Radiation Oncology, Family Medicine, and Psychiatry. The Board of Andalusia stated that despite the need to increase the number of trained professionals in the community, the Ministry has not taken any action to modify or make more flexible the criteria for accrediting new teaching units.
In the last call, the Board offered 100 of the accredited places in various specialties, emphasizing that they can no longer provide more MIR places in these specialties. This issue is not exclusive to Andalusia, as other regions such as Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, Castilla y León, and Aragón have also been pressuring the Spanish government for an extra call for 1,000 MIR places per year for at least four years.
Health authorities in Andalusia are calling for forceful measures to alleviate the serious deficit of health professionals and are urging the Ministry of Health to take action to address this issue. They argue that increasing the number of MIR places is crucial for ensuring the availability of skilled medical professionals in the healthcare system.