Seville, (EFE).- The Andalusian Council of Medical Associations (CACM) has denounced this Tuesday the lack of specialists in the community of Andalusia and the increase in the medical group close to retirement age, as well as the flow of professionals between the public and private sphere.
During the presentation of the annual study Report on Medical Demography in Andalusia 2022, Dr. Jorge Fernández, president of the CACM, highlighted that a decrease in the number of active doctors is observed in the community. Although the number of collegiate continues to increase.
“This is motivated by the retirements of collegiate doctors and that there is not a sufficient replacement of young doctors,” Fernández denounced. That he has demanded from the administrations an increase in the number of MIR positions to continue training specialists.
In his opinion, the solution is not to increase places in medical schools. Since the problem is that later the “funnel” of the MIR system is produced.
“It is essential to expand these places, we need more medical tutors and promote the training of residents”, he has sentenced.
More than 44,000 registered doctors in Andalusia
He has specified that during 2022, 44,716 registered doctors have been registered in Andalusia, 1,701 more than the previous year. And there continues to be a decrease in the number of active members, with 35,625 active doctors, 131 fewer than in 2021.
This figure means that 79.6% of the total membership is active, one point less than the previous year.
Andalusia has 31,857 active specialists and 35,625 doctors, which reflects that 3,768 doctors do not have a registered specialty.
Of the total active doctors, 64% work in public healthcare, 25% in private healthcare and 11% in mixed healthcare. This represents a point of increase in private activity.
The president of the CACM has considered that the elimination of the exclusivity supplement has led to an increase in the flow of doctors from one area to another.
The report states that in Andalusia there is one active doctor for every 239 inhabitants (compared to 237 in 2021). And 49.3% are women, compared to 48% in 2021, since of the 1,701 new members, 1,019 are women and 682 are men.
35% with more than 55 years
Regarding age, 25% of doctors are under 35 years of age, while the number of active collegiate members over 65 represents 11.4%, with 4,099.
The Council of Colleges of Physicians warns that 35% of active Andalusian doctors are over 55 years old (12,568 doctors), so it is foreseeable that they will retire in the next ten years, which means “the need to convene more MIR positions in the coming years to increase the number of medical specialists”, they insist.
They also recall that in 2022, 1,339 MIR positions were awarded in Andalusia and that 1,415 are planned for 2023, while some 2,125 retire each year, giving rise to an approximate deficit of 786 positions each year.
In 2022, there have been 927 transfers (914 in 2021) of faculty to schools in other provinces or abroad. 432 transfers have been between the different Andalusian provinces, 430 to other schools in Spain and 75 outside the country. EFE