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National doctors’ strike: four consecutive days in December

Major Healthcare (hospitals)
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.

Public Impact

🏥 Hospitals

Effective Dates

Dec 9, 2025
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 11, 2025
Dec 12, 2025

Updates

Dec 8, 2025
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
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.

Organizer

CESM (Confederación Estatal de Sindicatos Médicos), SMA (Sindicato Médico Andaluz)

Affected Locations

  • Spain (nationwide)

Sources