Spain’s Interterritorial Council of the National Health System has approved eight proposals to distribute a total of €72,086,777. The money will support healthcare cohesion, professional training, the rational use of medicines, donation and transplantation, as well as prevention and public health surveillance.
The largest allocation is €50,268,707.07, or close to 70% of the total. It will be managed by the autonomous communities and the National Institute of Health Management (INGESA), and will fund training for medical, dental, pharmacy and nursing professionals, alongside public education on the rational use of medicines.
The same allocation covers the National Bone Marrow Donation Plan, the National Umbilical Cord Blood Plan, a quality and safety framework for organ procurement and transplantation, and improvements to information systems managed by the National Transplant Organisation.
A further €7 million is proposed for public health surveillance systems covering cancer, rare diseases, mental health, antimicrobial resistance and occupational health. The funding will also support development of the system for monitoring infections associated with healthcare.
Another €5 million is earmarked jointly for that infection surveillance system and equipment for plasma donation units. Spain also plans to allocate €2 million to improve the National Health System’s self-sufficiency in human plasma.
Three million euros will go to health protection and prevention, including measures to address smoking and monitoring of screening programmes. A joint €2,818,070 is proposed for strategies on rare and neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Two further allocations of €1 million each will support the development and integration of information systems in the health surveillance network for cancer, and the consolidation of the European Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centres. Agreements will set the criteria and regional distribution of the 2026 budget credits.
