Higher pay, genuine work-life balance and the unblocking of level IV of the professional career system are among the demands nurses and physiotherapists will make next Thursday at a rally outside the Aragon Health Service in Zaragoza at noon.
Called by the Satse Aragón union, both groups will demand that the administration open negotiations to review and implement the “pending” commitments, as well as introduce measures to “improve working conditions and the quality of healthcare.”
"Nurses and physiotherapists have been waiting a long time for these commitments to become a reality. We cannot continue like this. As staff shortages worsen and workloads increase, these conditions directly affect the care patients receive and nurses’ and physiotherapists’ ability to do their jobs under appropriate conditions," the union said.
MAIN DEMANDS
The main demands include the development and effective recognition of nursing specialties, including the creation of an occupational health nursing category or a solution for permanent nurses with this specialty. They are also calling for pay improvements, with increases in allowances for shift work, nights and public holidays, as well as the unblocking of level IV of the professional career system and its recognition for temporary staff.
These demands are joined by work-life balance and equality measures, such as the approval of the Aragon Health Service’s second Equality Plan, an increase in the number of nurses and physiotherapists to adapt staffing to the 35-hour working week and bring ratios in line with care demand, as well as updates to agreements and pacts. They are also calling for faster staffing pools, competitive examinations and mobility processes, with staffing pools updated before the summer and open calls resolved more quickly.
In addition to these demands, nurses and physiotherapists will call for an “increase in staffing” to adapt it to the healthcare system’s real needs.
