The Union Nurses of Catalonia has decided continue the strike and the planned mobilizations after maintaining a institutional meeting this Thursday with the Health Minister of the Generalitat, Manel Balcells, without having “closed any firm commitment.” The maintenance of the stoppage occurs at a time when hospitals and CAPs are very stressed due to the continuous increase in flu and covid infections.
At the meeting, the nurses conveyed their concerns to the ‘conseller’, as the recognition of category A1, that “it is a priority and fundamental in all its areas, especially in the economic sphere”, and they affirm that Balcells has opened up to study it, they have reported in a statement.
They have also assured that Balcells has offered them be part of a technical table that must work a plan to improve the nursing profession in the health system of Catalonia.
The union has pointed out that the feeling after the meeting is that the Government has planned a reorganization and transformation of the system of Catalan health and that “predictably will pivot on the nurses, but at the same price as always and without the recognition” that they believe they require.
For their part, sources from the Ministry of Health have explained to Europa Press that they have reiterated that this Thursday’s meeting was to “dialogue and bring positions together”, that your concerns are in line with transformation what the department wants to implement and what they are aware of the discomfort of this group.
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In addition, a new mediation meeting with representatives of CatSalut and the Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) during the first fortnight of January to “resuming negotiations and that these reflect the good intention” that the councilor has expressed.