• Ministry of Health: €214.08 million.
  
• CatSalut/ICS consolidated budget: €8.96 billion.
  
• This budget is 5.5% higher than in 2007.

 

The Catalan government’s 2008 budget continues with the approach begun in 2006, with the implementation of results-oriented budgeting to ultimately improve efficiency, effectiveness and transparency in the allocation and use of public resources.

The current financing of the healthcare system is affected by the agreement of the 2nd Conference of the Presidents of Spain’s Autonomous Communities held in September 2005, which involved the Spanish government’s recognition of the problem of healthcare financing and the approval of measures to be implemented. According to these measures, the Spanish government assumed the financing of a number of services provided by the Autonomous Communities and not financed by the State, including costs generated by habitual foreign residents, industrial accidents not covered by the mutual insurance companies of industrial firms, people moving from one Autonomous Community to another, and foreigners working on a temporary basis, resulting in an increase in the contribution of cohesion funds, among other costs.

Ministerial Budget

The budget of the Central and Regional Services of the Ministry of Health is €214.08 million, which is 4.8% higher than in 2007.

CatSalut/ICS Consolidated Budget

The 2008 consolidated budget of CatSalut/ICS is €8.96 billion, which is 5.6% higher than the initial budget of 2007.
The 2008 healthcare budget is marked by three priorities:

1. The recognition of the contribution of healthcare professionals in patient care. For this reason, the 2008 budget covers:
   a) the wage agreements of the Network of Public-Use Hospitals (XHUP) reached in 2006.
   b) salary homologation of employees in the authorized social healthcare and mental-health sectors.
   c) updating the collective agreement of healthcare-transport workers.
   
   
2. Consolidation of a visionary model for the management of a healthcare system with strong ties to the place where it is provided. Progress continues to be made in the implementation of a new healthcare governance model through the Regional Healthcare Governments with the aim of improving the collaboration and cooperation of all players at the autonomous-community, local and city levels in the formulation and implementation of public healthcare policies.
   
3. Continuity in the implementation of the major investments planned in the area of healthcare while exploring alternative forms of financing.
   

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