The Balearic Islands decree minimum services in education, healthcare, transport and social services in view of the strike

PalmaThe Government has decreed the minimum services that must be guaranteed in educational centers, the healthcare system, public transport, and social services in the Balearic Islands on the occasion of the general strike called for this Wednesday.

As reported by the Department of Education and Universities, in educational centers that only provide the first cycle of early childhood education (0-3 years), minimum services will be composed of the center's director, or the person replacing them, and one teacher for every three groups.

For the rest of the centers, the minimum services will mandatorily include the director and the secretary. Regarding teaching staff in centers that provide the second cycle of early childhood education and/or primary education, the minimum services will include one teacher for every three early childhood education classrooms, and one teacher for every four primary education groups.

In special education centers, the presence of one teacher for every three groups has been set, while in centers that provide compulsory secondary education (ESO), one teacher for every four classrooms must be guaranteed.

Regarding the rest of the complementary services associated with educational activity, such as the school canteen or school transport, the minimum services will be governed by the agreements reached by the employers' associations and the companies in the corresponding sector, as they are private companies that provide a public service on behalf of the administration.

Healthcare

IBSalut, for its part, has established that in those centers that have multiple shifts, the start of the strike will be at the first shift of the 11th and will end once the last shift has finished, even if it extends into Wednesday after 23:59 hours.

Within the framework of minimum services, the registry, user attention, personnel, and professional attention services must be open with the minimum required coverage. The normal operation of emergency services is considered a minimum healthcare service, both regarding the care of incoming outpatients and patients admitted to emergency observation units who must receive full assistance according to the doctor's criteria.

In hospital care, they will be the same as those established for Sundays and holidays. In hospital services considered urgent or critical activity, 100% of assistance will be provided to guarantee scheduled activity and the continuity of ongoing treatments.

This is the case for services where vital assistance is provided, such as emergencies, ICU, medical oncology and radiotherapy, oncological surgery, dialysis, day hospital and hospital pharmacy, ECMO, and transplants.

Scheduled surgical interventions for oncology patients and other pathologies that cannot be postponed due to the risk it would imply for the patients must have the number of essential personnel to guarantee 100% of the activity.

In primary care and emergencies, health centers must have a minimum staff of two doctors, one pediatrician, two nurses, one administrative assistant, and one nursing assistant technician between 08:00 and 15:00 hours.

From 15:00 to 20:00 hours, they must have a minimum staff of one doctor, one nursing staff member, and one administrative assistant. From 20:00 hours, the minimum services will be equivalent to those provided for holidays.

In emergency and urgent care services (SUAP, 061, rapid intervention device, mobile PAC, personnel unit, and professional attention unit), given their nature and that of the services they provide, the coverage will be 100% for all health services.

The cleaning, maintenance, security, and personnel service for other essential services linked to healthcare provision must maintain the normal activity of a public holiday in high-risk areas. Hospitality services must attend to the diet of all admitted patients, and companies dedicated to patient transport must guarantee 100% attention to emergencies and urgent care, oncology treatments, and dialysis.

Public transport

The Ministry of Housing, Territory and Mobility, for the Palma metro, has set minimum services of 50% of the ordinary frequencies of a working day between 10:00 and 12:00 hours and between 17:00 and 19:00 hours. During the rest of the day, 80% of the usual working day service will be guaranteed.

Regarding the train, on the Palma-Inca-Manacor-Sa Pobla corridor, during the same time slots, services equivalent to those of weekends and holidays will be offered, but with the schedules and frequencies corresponding to a working day. During the rest of the day, 80% of the ordinary services of a working day will be maintained.

All suppressed services correspond to the Palma-Inca line, in both directions. During the time slots affected by the suppressions, the service on the Palma-Inca corridor in both directions will be covered by trains with origin and destination in Manacor and Sa Pobla.

Regarding the TIB bus network of Mallorca, the minimum services will be equivalent to the schedules and frequencies of Sundays and public holidays. Lines 343d, 431d, 518, 519d and 331 will not provide service.

School transport must cover 100% of the daily trips, while the Sóller Railway must make at least two complete round-trip journeys.

Discretionary public bus transport companies must cover 35% of the trips with origin or destination at the airport or at the ports of Palma and Alcúdia. Freight transport must guarantee basic supply and ensure the continuity of essential services.

Social services

On the other hand, the Ministry of Families, Social Welfare and Dependency Care has set minimum services equivalent to Sundays and holidays for the staff of the s'Estel Socio-educational Institute Foundation and the Foundation for Care and Support for Dependency and Promotion of Personal Autonomy.

Regarding contracted services, for the community rehabilitation service for people with a mental health diagnosis, it has been agreed that 25% of direct care professionals will work, informed the department led by Minister Sandra Fernández in another statement.

The minimum services for the day center service for people in a situation of dependency, for its part, will be 30% for reception and administrative staff and care staff, and 100% for the rest of the staff.

For the Home Help Service for people in a situation of dependency, it has been agreed that the management, administration, coordination and support staff --occupational therapists and psychologists-- will have 40% of the staff working.

Meanwhile, the staff attending to people with a severe degree of dependency will work with 100% of the staff; those working with people with high dependency will work between 75% and 100% of the staff; and those working with people with moderate dependency will work between 30% and 40% of the staff.

In this way, it will be avoided that people who live alone or cannot receive enough care in their environment are left "in a situation of helplessness or risk to their health" or that those who have limitations of any kind are left without the necessary assistance and care.