National doctors’ strike: four consecutive days in December
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The doctors’ committee (CESM and SMA) has called nationwide hospital/health service strikes on December 9–12 against the draft Estatuto Marco; students (CEEM) back the mobilization with parallel academic stoppages.
This alert was originally created on 12 November 2024.
Public Impact
Hospitals
Effective Dates
Updates
Apr 12, 2026
✅ Completed
All effective dates have passed (legacy backfill)
Dec 8, 2025
✎ Update
The four-day national doctors’ strike called by CESM and SMA for 9–12 December is maintained. The Sindicato Médico de Euskadi (SME) has formally joined with a parallel four-day strike in the Basque Country, and regional medical bodies in Valencia publicly back the action.
Dec 6, 2025
✎ Update
CESM rejected the latest Health Ministry proposal on 4 Dec and maintains the national doctors’ strike for 9–12 Dec. In Galicia, the Xunta’s minimum-services order lists O’MEGA alongside CESM as the strike’s organizing unions for SERGAS, confirming O’MEGA as a co-convener regionally.
Organizers
- CESM (Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos)
- SMA (Sindicato Médico Andaluz)
Affected Locations
- Spain (nationwide)
Sources
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