Briefing
On 15 September 2026, the Balearic government publicly reaffirmed its support in the Parliament for the managing director of the University Hospital Son Espases, Cristina Granados, confirms. The Regional Minister for Health, Manuela García, referred in her statement to earlier comments by the Vice-President and government spokesperson Antoni Costa and said that Granados’ work speaks for itself. The comments came amid several departures from the hospital management team and a public complaint by a former employee, who reported humiliation and bullying.
The allegations became known through regional media and a public statement by the former head of the communications department. The Junta de Personal at Son Espases rejected a formal condemnation of the reported case on 7 September 2026; at the same time, unions such as Satse called for an extraordinary Junta de Personal to be convened and management to be heard, in order to review existing anti-bullying protocols. By 15 September 2026, neither the parliament nor the hospital administration had published official findings or concluded disciplinary proceedings.
The opposition group PSIB-PSOE is calling for Cristina Granados to resign. Socialist MP Amanda Fernández spoke of an “untenable” working environment that was placing a burden on staff and patients alike. Hospital management representatives rejected this assessment and stressed that personnel changes would be reviewed internally; no immediate change of personnel is currently planned.
The two positions are therefore clear: the government and some parts of the Partido Popular support continuity in the leadership and point to the need to maintain operations, while opposition parties and staff representatives are calling for transparent and, where possible, independent reviews of the allegations. The administration’s next steps depend on any formal complaints, parliamentary questions and the findings of internal or external investigations. As of 15 September 2026, no public findings from such reviews are known.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).