The number of disabled permanent is reduced by half in the last 15 years.

Through these data made public the number of contributory pensions in Spain amounts to 8.812.560, a number exceeding the figure of the previous year by 1.6%. Of these nearly nine million pensioners, 5.250.797 are pensioners, 2.310.329 are widows, with 940.096 compensation are the beneficiaries of a pension for permanent incapacity and fourth and fifth place are contributory for orphan pensions and pensions for families, with a much lower figure. All these contributory pensions have been spending the social security of 7.1 billion euros, or what is the same, 5% more than the same month of the previous year.

Through the analysis of changes in the pension for permanent incapacity of the past 15 years, according to data from the National Institute of statistics, we can observe as the number of pensions granted by the National Social Security Institute has decreased to almost half in this period of time, from 1.658.170 in 1994 to 940.096 ciphers to date by the Ministry of labour and immigration.

These data represent a reduction of almost half of clinical cases which were considered as disabled permanent in any degree: which makes think if it will have not changed the criterion for granting these pensions, along with the Social security coffers.

The law medical group has since 1978 fighting for the defense of those who need it most, advising from a technical, medical and legal point of view to those who are entitled to the incapacitation, with the aim of achieving greater guarantees of success in the process of Declaration of the permanent incapacity.