He new collective agreement signed this Wednesday between the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) and four unions will improve substantially the working conditions of up to 55,000 professionals. After months of negotiations, CCOO, UGT, Satse and Metges de Catalunya (all except Catac) have finally reached an agreement. agreement which has a additional injection of 320 annually by the Department of Health.
The agreement is for all professionals in the ICS public company (which brings together 80% of primary care centers and eight hospitals) and reaches almost a year later of the closing of the concerted healthcare, he Siscat. “The previous framework agreement was from 2006. It had to be update conditions that regulate professionals”, has recognized the ‘Conseller’ of Health, Manel Balcells.
According to the ‘conseller’, this agreement “reverses the 2010 cuts” and the ravages of the “pandemic”. And the most important: “equates” the conditions of the primary doctor to those of the hospital.
Main measures
Between the main measures There is an agreement that all people who join the ICS will be recognized as professional career of the rest of the system, the increase of price of all guards of the special days of Christmas and New Year 100% for all groups and the career to the entire ICS group, permanent or temporary. Furthermore, for all non-medical groups working hours will be reduced 43 hours.
At the same time, the agreement also contemplates the creation of a specific complement for primary care and community for urban areas of 19,020 euros annually and for rural areas of 20,045 euros. The objective of this measure is encourage the specialty of family medicine and, specifically, that of certain areas, since there are health centers in which there are hardly any doctors.
Doctors and nurses
He new specialist doctor who joins the ICS after the MIR will receive, from the first year, a base salary of 65,000 euros per year, without counting the guards. And they increase prices for face-to-face guards in a 30% on average and rest is guaranteed after a 24-hour shift during a work day.
Particularly in the area of Nursing, is recognized grade level and the specializations. The fixed salary of this group is increased by 1,700 euros per year, equating to that of Siscat. Advanced practice nurses are also recognized.
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For other groups, among other improvements, the specific complement of health group A2 It is approved for the concerted sector with 1,700 euros per year.
Unions have evaluated this agreement “positively.”