Osakidetza reduces the waiting list of more than 180 days for surgeries to one third

The Health Guarantee Plan launched by the Health and Consumer Council a year ago has resulted in the reduction "by more than half" of the surgical waiting list for the procedures guaranteed after the deadline , in particular, the Board has emphasized that it has been reduced by 60.5% in the province of Cadiz, rising to 63% in the University Hospital of Puerto Real . This carried out in 2024 a total of 10,844 interventions, compared to 9,157 in 2…

In the last year Osakidetza has managed to reduce the waiting list of more than 180 days for surgical procedures by 66.6 %, from having 435 patients waiting in March of last year to 135 in the same month of 2025. Thus, it appears from the data of the first trimester of 2025 on waiting lists in Osakidetza, which also show that the delay for surgery is maintained in 56.4 days. From last July to March, moreover, the derivation of intervention proce…