A total of 17,075 patients were on the waiting list for surgical intervention in the Balearic Islands at the close of 2025, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health within the framework of the National Health System.

A total of 17,075 patients were on the waiting list for surgical intervention in the Balearic Islands at the close of 2025, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health within the framework of the National Health System.

Clara is on sick leave due to a situation of "systematic harassment." "I clicked. I exploded, and when I got to my GP's office, I couldn't stop crying. I was choking. I think I'd endured too much," she says. In addition to the stress of an "inhumane" way of working, she also suffered several bouts of grief due to miscarriages. "They gave me medication, and I honestly think I needed it," she admits. They put her on hold for an appointment with a social security psychologist. Help arrived months later. Her case exemplifies the shortage of public therapists: at the end of 2023, the Balearic Islands had 71 clinical psychologists, a ratio of just 5.9 professionals per 100,000 inhabitants. The figure is well below the European average (18 per 100,000 inhabitants) and doesn't even come close, for example, to that of Germany, where they have 41 per 100,000 inhabitants.