The Board appoints fourteen Public Health doctors as career civil servants

The Ministry of the Presidency of the Regional Government of Castilla y León has appointed as career civil servants of the Higher Faculty Body, Health Scale (Doctors) the fourteen candidates who passed the open access selection process convened in 2025. The appointment is formalized through Order PRE/961/2026, of September 23, published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León (BOCYL) number 190, of September 30, 2026, which also includes the allocation of the corresponding destinations. The new civil servants must take office within one month starting from the day following the publication.

An order signed by the Minister of the Presidency

The order bears the signature of the Minister of the Presidency, Luis Miguel González Gago, and is issued under the powers that article 7.2.l) of Law 7/2005, of May 24, on the Civil Service of Castilla y León attributes to the minister competent in matters of the Civil Service. The text is based on the eleventh clause of the call and on the list of successful candidates approved by the Resolution of July 16, 2026, of the Vice-Ministry of Public Administrations, Institutional Relations and Citizen Services, published in the BOCYL on July 21.

The original selection process was convened by the Resolution of July 28, 2025, of the Vice-Ministry of Public Administrations and Citizen Services, for entry via the open access system into said body, within the 2023-2024 public employment offer (call SELL24_2211AE20). The order is issued once the deadline for the submission of the documentation required from the candidates has elapsed.

The fourteen appointments and their destinations

The annex of the order lists the allocated positions, all of level 24 and specific supplement E10 or E13, with destinations in units of the Ministry of Health:

• Irene Andrés García, Public Health physician in the Preventive Programs Service of the General Directorate of Public Health (Valladolid).
• María Yolanda Vallejo Ramos, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Ávila.
• Carlos Llanes Álvarez, section head in the Territorial Health Service of Zamora.
• Nerea Silva Higüero, Public Health physician in the Public Health Surveillance Service (Valladolid).
• Alberto Ruiz Mulas, type 1 technical officer in the General Directorate of Public Health (Valladolid).
• Isabel González Varas, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Palencia.
• María Natividad Geijo Berjón, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Salamanca.
• José Antonio Aguilera Mellado, section head in the Epidemiology Section of the Territorial Health Service of León.
• Beatriz Vielba Dueñas, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Salamanca.
• Daniel Aparicio Rodríguez, section head in the Territorial Health Service of Burgos.
• Joana Isabel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Segovia.
• Ricardo Espinosa Pascual, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of León.
• María Celsa Peña Martín, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Soria.
• Mariana Scirgalea, Public Health physician in the Territorial Health Service of Soria.

Deadlines, requirements, and means of appeal

The assignment of destination is provisional, in accordance with article 29.2 of Decree 67/1999, of April 15, as previous promotions of the body remain in provisional destinations. The assumption of office must be carried out before the secretary general or the corresponding territorial delegate.

At the act of assumption of office, the appointees must present the declaration provided for in article 31.3 of Decree 227/1997, of November 20, regarding incompatibilities of personnel in the service of the regional Administration, and take an oath or promise to abide by the Constitution, the Statute of Autonomy, and the laws, according to article 36.1 c) of Law 7/2005 and Royal Decree 707/1979, of April 5.

Against the order, which exhausts the administrative route, a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of Valladolid of the High Court of Justice of Castilla y León within two months, or an optional appeal for reversal before the Ministry of the Presidency within one month.

Reinforcement of the regional health workforce

The appointment consolidates fourteen physician positions within the regional Administration and distributes the personnel across territorial services in nine provinces, with a special presence in Valladolid, Salamanca, León, and Soria. The measure provides definitive coverage for positions linked to public health, epidemiology, surveillance, and health planning, key areas for the community’s preventive response.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 190, of September 30, 2026, section I.B.1 (Appointments, Situations and Incidents), pp. 13-20 (official reference: BOCYL-D-30092026-190-2).