The Ministry of health denies that they are paying bonuses to executives from hospitals.

– is paid according to the fulfillment of objective indicators related to the proper functioning of the hospital and good assistance to the patients

Madrid, January of 2013.- the Ministry of health of the community of Madrid categorically denies that the directors of public hospitals charge bonuses. Salaries perceived management teams are public and completely transparent, since they contained within the budgets are presented, discussed and approved in the Assembly of Madrid and reflect the maximum quantities that may receive if published previously set goals are met.

These fees, which are different depending on their category and responsibility, are not any bonus, and come them also to the rest of the workforce.

In fact, there are doctors working in public hospitals who have salaries exceeding of the management teams.

The variable part of the salaries of medical personnel, and also management teams, are calculated according to the fulfillment of objectives related health care activity and its quality, continuity care.

Among these goals are those of surgical activity on ordinary day, delay maximum of patients waiting, performance of equipment, average stay Presurgical or observation, global actions to improve patient satisfaction, objective professional training, patient safety, infection prevention, mortality, complications.

The degree of fulfillment of these objectives, not only affects the part of variable salary of management teams, but also variable supplements from the rest of the health personnel of each hospital and that is distributed in each service, as they have been fulfilled or not some pre-established.

these varying complements of salary are delivered to account partly (18% each month), while the remainder is settled at end of the year, depending on the degree of achievement of objectives. If the sums received to account, exceeded that correspond them by failing to preset goals, they have to return them.

In 2012, after checking the fulfilment of targets for 2011, health professionals – directors or non – charged an average of 88% of goals.

Within the network of Madrid hospitals – whether shape Foundation, public company or hospital – work 282 professionals who occupy management positions, with different responsibilities (managing director, medical director, director of nursing and Assistant Directors of nursing management, surgical Assistant, Deputy Director for management, director).

These teams are responsible for coordinating the work of human teams highly complex and numerous, thousands of people, who are distributed among the different services and units that develop diagnostic, medical or surgical activity.

Thanks to the work of management teams, together with the other professional working in public hospitals, the Madrid health enjoys some high levels of quality and patient satisfaction that place it at the forefront of the national health system.

Management teams have a responsibility to manage budgets that, in some cases to exceed 500 million euros, of coordinating the work of a human and welfare organization of great complexity and ensure compliance with standards of quality of care.

In 2012, the number of executives was reduced by 10% than in previous years.