The CECOVA and nursing schools will call on the Minister of health the same wage supplement that the doctors

Valencia, January 2012- the Council of nursing of the Valencian Community (CECOVA) and schools of nursing of Alicante, Castellón and Valencia will hold next Thursday a meeting with the Minister of healthLuis pink, in which the representatives of the regional nurse profession will ask that it applies to the nurses the same wage supplement that doctors announced this weekend by the owner of the Conselleria, where putting in motion is carried out. From the CECOVA it is that he is it should not discriminate to the Group of professionals who spend more time attending to patients, which would occur if this supplement apply only to the optional.

A complement which would not be necessary if, as the representatives of the CECOVA will also pose to Luis Rosado, withdrew the Decree on urgent measures for the reduction of the deficit in the region of Valencia and are designed alternative measures by current political leaders, so are the managers that the citizens have entrusted function to handle adequate public resources. A management which should not result in a punishment health professionals deplete their labour stability and his personal economy, as they are not to blame for the current situation or they must pay the brunt of it.

The President of the CECOVA, José Antonio Avila, recalled that the Decree-Law 1/2012 means a cut in labour and economic rights unprecedented coming to generate, some of these measures, loss of purchasing power which in some cases can be up to 11 per cent of net salary ”. In addition, warned that these measures can cause a significant decrease in the quality of care received by the users of the regional public health ”.

In addition, the Organization autonomous College of nursing provided your support and collaboration ” all trade unions in the health sector to halt the Decree-Law 1, 2012, at the time criticized lousy control of autonomous public resources by their managers ” and rejected measures and decisions taken by the Council for theyears 2012 and 2013, not to go they aimed at achieving a greater rationality and efficiency of the Administration, but only van aimed to carry out a major cut in the salaries of health professionals and their labour rights ”.

Observatory of cuts

On the other hand, the CECOVA has put into operation the nurse Observatory on health cutbacks that was born with the objective of evaluate to detail the direct impact on patients and nurses of the measures of austerity and savings announced by the health administration ”.

Thus, the CECOVA will follow the most detailed possible cuts in the health sector, with the help of 25,000 professionals in the collective community nurse, for ensure the application of savings measures in the health sector will not endanger the safety of the patient or the quality of care ”.

This Observatory will also provide the possibility that the professionals carried out suggestions of alternative measures to the cuts.