The Servicio Canario de la Salud on 31 August 2026 announced the completion of the process to stabilise temporary employment through concurso de méritos . According to the regional government, more than 9,000 of the nearly 12,000 advertised posts have now been filled permanently. The Minister for Health Esther Monzón presented the results at the Consejo de Gobierno and described it as the largest stabilisation process ever carried out by an administration in the Canary Islands.
This part of the process was completed with the publication of the last two outstanding professional groups: Auxiliar de Enfermería and Grupo Auxiliar Administrativo de la Función Administrativa. In total, posts in 122 professional groups were stabilised. These include 1,046 posts for specialist doctors, 675 for general practitioners, 123 in primary-care paediatrics, 2,059 for nurses, 2,204 for nursing assistants, 1,123 for administrative assistants, 702 for Celadores (porter and transport services), 161 for laboratory staff and 124 in radiodiagnostics.
Alongside this, a second combined stabilisation route is under way, involving examinations and points-based assessment (concurso-oposición). It covers 1,585 plazas in 110 categories, including 308 for specialist doctors. According to the government, 69 per cent of the planned examinations have been held; results for all categories and specialisms in groups A/A1 in healthcare and A/A1 in administration and services have already been published. Allocation of posts has begun in 27 selection processes. Further steps under way include scoring merits, publishing provisional and final rankings, appointments and taking up posts.
The legal basis for the processes is Spain’s Ley 20/2021 of 28 December on urgent measures to reduce temporary employment in the public service. The regional government points to the considerable organisational effort involved: 112 tribunales were involved in the examinations and assessments; the Servicio Canario de la Salud’s Directorate-General for Human Resources coordinated the process.
According to the government, the two routes together will make almost 12,000 posts permanent. These include 1,855 positions for specialist doctors, 831 for general practitioners, 142 in emergency medicine, 176 in paediatrics, 2,136 in nursing, 2,592 for nursing assistants, 940 for Celadores and 1,320 for administrative assistants. The administration is preparing the logistics for the remaining 35 examinations, which will complete the entire process.
Editor: Clara Simonichek (Article created with AI assistance).