The community selects 2,205 health principles of merit and ability to professionals.

-A total of 914 families, 91 pediatricians, 800 nurses, physicians and ancillary 400 have passed the competition

– also 3,275 professionals who have chosen to transfer contest will be incorporated into their new destinations

-the community achieved greater stability in the employment of health workers while respecting the principles of merit and ability

-this process guarantees the quality of care and does not increase or disminucióthe template

Madrid, 2011-October La Comunidad de Madrid selects 2,205 professionals in accordance with principles of merit and ability after having passed the selective processes of the Madrid health service and begin to incorporate into their jobs after the Wednesday, October 5. So last Friday the Vice-Counsellor of healthcare, Patricia Flores, explained it that accompanied by the Directors-General of primary health care and human resources, Antonio Alemany and Armando Resino, respectively, took stock of the results of the public offer of employment and the competition of transfers that the Ministry of health has carried out.

Of the 2.205 have fixed square 914 physicians family, 91 pediatricians, 800 nurses and nursing auxiliaries 400. On the other hand, have obtained a new destination through the contest of transfers 3,275 professionals that 411 are doctors of family, 104 pediatricians, 1,858 nurses and auxiliary nurses. 902

In the case of these last two – nurses and auxiliary nurses joining will take place both in health centres and hospitals.

Flores explained that the aim is to select professionals in accordance with principles of merit and ability, improve working conditions and reduce the temporality ” assured that these changes do not imply a decrease in the quality of care and also no template or enlargement, but on the other hand reduction will improve the stability of professionals who will be assisting.

Since 2003, the community of Madrid has approved 13.463 squares of fixed statutory public employment and has carried out a contest for shipments of 10.653 squares for permanent staff.

To facilitate its incorporation, the Ministry of health has designed a plan of reception. Thus, the Ministry has developed a guide which contains information about the Madrid health service which includes inter alia chart, the portfolio of services or the basic guidelines and its normative references.

But in addition to this guide, every health centre has developed a specific manual. So professional that incorporates will feature information about the Centre for health and your organization among other things.

To ensure the full integration of the new professional, the Ministry has produced a number of specific workshops to encourage and facilitate their incorporation. will training on standards, protocols and working procedures. In the same way, will be taught courses on the applications software used in the centres.

Letter to patients and posters in the centers of health

Apart from actions which have been prepared with the professionals, the Ministry has developed a poster which will be placed in the centres of health inform patients about these changes.

Similarly, patients affected by the changes will receive at home a letter signed by the Health Minister, Javier Fernández-Lasquetty. This process affects a large proportion of primary care professionals and it is possible that when a patient go to your doctor, nurse or pediatrician, it has changed.

The community of Madrid guarantees that the new doctor, nurse or pediatrician has an excellent education and has extensive experience in health care. However, the community of Madrid adopted on 15 October the free choice of doctor, pediatrician and nurse by what may choose another professional.

In addition also has enabled a space in the Portal of health with information about these changes.

The community of Madrid is making an effort since 2003 for the convening of squares in order to reduce the incidence of interim and eventuality that will be located once completed the offers of public employment for physicians shall not exceed 7%.