The Community of Madrid has issued statements on the “quality” of public health in the region, in response to Pedro Sánchez’s attacks in the Chamber of Deputies. He criticized the advisor to the Presidency of the Republic and the official spokesman for the regional government … The Prime Minister’s “absolute ignorance” of the region and its health system. They advocated from the community that Madrid has “the best public health care in Spain, at the forefront of the world.”
The Chancellor stressed that the quality of the public health system in the region is “standardized” by user perception that is “much higher” than in other autonomous communities. He explained that according to the latest survey conducted by Ipsos, “77% of users of the public health system in Madrid declared themselves satisfied with the health administration in the region.”
“We are leading the citizen’s perception regarding the quality of health with the Basque Country and the Balearic Islands,” he stressed. Furthermore, he insisted that Madrid has an increasingly “more cohesive and competitive” health system.
As he passed, he threw an arrow at the Minister of Transport, Oscar Puente, who “is a user of the Madrid Public Health Service and also a publicly owned hospital, but managed by the Quirón Group.” “We believe in public-private collaboration, and the central government, if it is not hypocritical, will realize that it is using public-private collaboration in health management where it has responsibilities.”
From the Community of Madrid, they highlighted data that makes the region have “the best public health in Spain and at the forefront of the world.” These are his ten arguments:
1.-The main national and international health reference rankings rank Madrid’s public hospitals as the best in Spain – 6 out of the top 10 – and among the best in the world.
2.-Madrid revalidates its leadership year after year as an autonomous community where there is the lowest waiting time for a surgery: only 49 days compared to 148 days for the Catalan healthcare system run by the PSOE government.
3. – Since 2019, the Community of Madrid has increased its investments in public health by approximately $3,000 million, allocating 36% of its total budget for 2026 to it.
4.-Leaders in Spain in the care of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with the Zendal Hospital and the upcoming establishment of the world’s first center for this disease.
5.-In 2025, construction of the City of Health will begin, the largest public health complex in Europe with an investment of 1,000 million euros, which will house the future facilities of the Hospital of La Paz and the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University.
6.-Madrid leads health training in Spain with more than 2,000 resident physician positions, and MIR selects hospitals in the region for training.
7.- A pioneer in many global medical developments, such as treating childhood leukemia using CAR-T therapy. It treats 40% of complex oncological diseases throughout Spain.
8.- Madrid residents’ satisfaction with healthcare will reach its highest level in 2025, according to an IPSOS study on public healthcare in Spain.
9.- The only region in Spain that performs all types of organ transplants in its public hospitals for both adults and children.
10.-Madrid is investing more than $300 million in modernizing its public health infrastructure, with 24 new health centers already under construction and 4 more to begin construction soon in the region’s municipalities.
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