The WTO considered a excellent decision ” the appointment of Pilar Farjas as Secretary General of health.

Spain, January 2012- the appointment of Pilar Farjas as Secretary General for health is an excellent decision by Minister Ana Mato because it is a great knowledge of the sector, has a broad expertise in management and planning of professional resources and a history of good deal with the Ministry of health of the Xunta de Galicia ”.

For the WTO past Ministers who in general have had and have a political profile, as it is the case of Ana Mato, it meets professional and powerful computers, who understand and are aware of the health professional, such as Pilar Farjas, is good news and we wish him every success in his political career ”.

The WTO considered that Pilar Farjas has made a relevant management to the front to the Ministry of health of the Xunta de Galicia on issues as the adoption of the Galician catalogue of medicines which has resulted in significant savings in pharmaceutical spending of more than 300,000 € per day and that was the spearhead for the publication by the Ministry of health of the Royal Decree to streamline pharmaceutical spending, approved in August, which established the prescription active ingredient and also served as an example to other autonomous communities. With this measure, the team of health of Alberto Nuñéz Feijóo, headed by Pilar Farja, demonstrated the commitment with appropriate use of health resources ”.

Also of note is his important positioning before the licensing required, Galicia was the first autonomous community which published a decree in this respect, something that the WTO believes a breakthrough for the profession and to the public. And was also relevant to the role of Pilar Farjas in the adoption of the Galician register of health professionals, which sets a model shared between health administration and the medical profession and provides are schools who competa manage professional data ”.

With the WTO, the former Minister of health of the Xunta de Galicia an excellent collaboration and continued dialogue. Last November, the WTO and the Ministry of health of the Xunta came to an agreement for the recognition by the Sergas – Galician health service – of training accredited by the WTO, through the system Spanish of accreditation of the medical continuous training (Seaformec). Recognition of this accreditation will serve as a pattern to make the formation of the Galician doctors certified in Spain and in Europe.