Aragón and the ALCER Federation guarantee the transfer of hemodialysis patients

The Government of Aragon has signed with the ALCER Aragón Federation (Aragonese federation for the fight against kidney diseases) an agreement for the management of non-urgent travel for people undergoing haemodialysis treatment in the community. The agreement, signed on 3 July 2026, is published in Official Gazette of Aragon number 155, of 12 August 2026, through Order PJC/1171/2026, of 30 July, in section III of Other Provisions and Agreements (csv reference BOA20260812012).

The order emanates from the Vice-Presidency of the Government and Department of Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport and provides for the publication of the agreement signed by the Minister for the Department of Health and the President of the ALCER Aragón Federation. The full text is registered in the General Register of Agreements of the Autonomous Community under number 2026/7/0094 and may be consulted at aragon.es/registrodeconvenios.

The dissemination of the agreement is based on paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 151 of Law 5/2021, of 29 June, on the Organisation and Legal Regime of the Autonomous Public Sector of Aragon, and on Article 13 of Decree 57/2012, of 7 March, of the Government of Aragon, regulating the General Register of Agreements.

An essential service for renal patients

Haemodialysis is an indispensable treatment for chronic kidney patients, who need to travel periodically to the community’s dialysis units. The agreement now published sets out the management of these transfers when they are not urgent, a service that directly affects the daily lives of hundreds of patients and their families.

With this agreement, the regional administration and the patients’ federation formalise a stable framework for collaboration for an essential healthcare service, providing it with legal certainty and transparency.

Key points of the agreement

• Purpose: management of non-urgent travel for people undergoing haemodialysis treatment in the Autonomous Community of Aragon.
• Parties: the Government of Aragon, through the Department of Health, and the ALCER Aragón Federation.
• Date of signature: 3 July 2026.
• Registration: number 2026/7/0094 of the General Register of Agreements.
• Consultation of the full text: aragon.es/registrodeconvenios.

Signature and processing

Order PJC/1171/2026 is dated in Zaragoza on 30 July 2026. The signature corresponds, by delegation of the Vice-President and Minister for Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport (pursuant to the Order of 28 November 2024, of the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Justice), to the Technical Secretary-General for Presidency, Justice, Culture and Sport, Cristina Asensio Grijalba.

The publication of the agreement gives citizens verifiable access to the full content of the agreement through the General Registry of Agreements, and consolidates collaboration between the Aragonese Executive and the patient association network in the health field.

Impact for readers

For kidney patients in Aragon, this agreement means that their travel to dialysis units is covered by a formal, public and stable framework between the health administration and the ALCER Aragón Federation. The news matters to hundreds of chronic patients and their families, who depend on a service whose continuity is now guaranteed and documented in the official bulletin of the community.

Source: Official Bulletin of Aragon, No. 155, August 12, 2026, Section III. Other Provisions and Agreements (official reference: csv BOA20260812012).