The European Parliament’s Petitions Committee has accepted to process the claim presented by the Collegiate Medical Organization (OMC) on whether the excessive working hours of MIRs in Spain represent a breach of Community labor rules. The body, in which all European political groups are represented, has given the green light to the test, which the National Health System (SNS) will undergo, about four months after the profession warned about the working conditions of residents, as Got to know that medical writing has done it.
The WTO President, Tomas Kobo, took the matter to Europe to determine whether MIRs have a right to 36 hours of uninterrupted rest per week after they have finished a shift. In his opinion, there is a “regulatory vacuum” in Spain in the law currently applicable to residents, which gives rise to “violations” with regard to waiting times for doctors. before starting your next turn.
The petition drawn up by the profession indicates that the content of the Royal Decree 1146/2006 that regulates the employment relations of resident specialists in health sciences is in “direct violation” of the Spanish labor law as well as four different parts of the European Directive. represents articles. 2003/88 On the organization of working time.
“This non-compliance with the labor law applicable to doctors living in Spain is contrary to Spanish and EU law,” the national collegiate body said in its claim filed with the European Parliament’s petitions committee.
80% MIR exceed their working hours
The problem was already made public by the WTO in mid-January, when it presented a report on the length of the MIR working day in SNS as a whole. According to the data collected, 80 percent of doctors resident in Spain work an average of more than four shifts per month, which forces them to exceed the maximum working hours of 48 hours per week.
The results, obtained through various surveys of more than 2,000 doctors, also concluded that nearly half of residents do not take the consistent 36 hours of weekly rest. While in 10 percent of the cases once the guard is over the established pause period is not met. It is a phenomenon that affects all autonomous communities.
Faced with this reality, the authors of the report decided to present their data to the Ministry of Health, the main parliamentary groups in Congress as well as to the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee to try and do more. Change the rules governing the conduct of Specialized Fitness Training (FSE).
Its proposals for reform include the implementation of a control system to prevent excessive working hours, adjustment of training time to acquisition of skills, a quality guarantee model of FSEs or a review of the remuneration structure of resident doctors. Trained in Spain.
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