Health renews the Diabetes Advisory Council with thirteen new members

The Minister of Health and Dependency Care, Sara García Espada, has signed the Resolution of November 3, 2026, by which those who until now comprised the Advisory Council on Diabetes of the Public Health System of Extremadura are dismissed and its thirteen new members are appointed. The decision is published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE) number 218, of November 12, 2026, within section II of Authorities and Personnel, with the official reference 2026062858, and takes effect from the day following its publication.

The Advisory Council on Diabetes of the Public Health System of Extremadura is a consultative body attached to the General Directorate of Planning, Training, and Quality of the Ministry of Health and Dependency Care. It was created by Decree 93/2006, of May 16, subsequently modified by Decree 52/2013, of April 9, to advise the competent governing bodies and involve social and citizen organizations in achieving the objectives of the Comprehensive Diabetes Plan of Extremadura. Article 2 of the aforementioned decree establishes that its members are appointed by the head of the Ministry competent in health matters.

The renewal is justified by the time elapsed since the previous appointment, formalized by the Resolution of June 18, 2013, and by the restructurings and changes in the naming of the Ministry’s bodies. Specifically, the President’s Decree 11/2026, of April 29, redistributed the competencies of the ministries, and Decree 109/2026, of May 26, established the organic structure of the department and modified the statutes of the Extremadura Health Service (Decree 221/2008, of October 24) and the Extremadura Service for the Promotion of Autonomy and Dependency Care (Decree 222/2008, of October 24).

Presidency, Vice-Presidency, and Secretariat

The resolution organizes the body into three single-person positions, all occupied by management personnel or civil servants from the Ministry itself and the public health entity:

• Silvia Teresa Torres Piles, General Director of Planning, Training, and Quality, assumes the Presidency.
• Encarnación Solís Pérez, Managing Director of the Extremadura Health Service, occupies the Vice-Presidency.
• Yolanda Tomé Pérez, a civil servant of the General Directorate of Planning, Training, and Quality, serves as Secretary, with voice but without vote.

Ten members from five areas

The bulk of the body consists of ten members appointed upon the proposal of the represented units and entities:

• At the proposal of the General Directorate of Hospital Care, Humanization and Demand Planning: María José Amaya García, specialist in Endocrinology and Nutrition; Francisco Javier Arroyo Díez, specialist in Pediatrics with diabetological care; and Paloma Agudo Gallardo, hospital nurse with training in diabetes education.
• At the proposal of the General Directorate of Primary Care, Extra-hospital Emergencies and Sanitary Transport: Vicente Caballero Pajares, specialist in Family and Community Medicine, and José Antonio González Tamayo, primary care nurse with training in diabetes education.
• At the proposal of the associations of patients with diabetes and their families: Antonio Lavado Castilla, president of FADEX, and Ana Lavado Rivera, coordinator of the federation.
• At the proposal of the Department of Education and Vocational Training: Ana Catalán Durán, Head of the Inclusion and Diversity Care Service.
• At the proposal of the General Directorate of Public Health: Eulalio Ruiz Muñoz and Lara Santiago López.

Effects, notification and appeals

The resolution notifies the cessations and appointments through its publication in the DOE and concludes the administrative process. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed against it before the head of the Department of Health and Dependency Care within one month from the day following its publication, in accordance with Article 102 of Law 1/2002, of February 28, or a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed within two months before the High Court of Justice of Extremadura.

The update arrives more than a decade late compared to the previous appointment and places the leaders of the new Extremaduran health structure within the body. For professionals in the public health system and for patient associations, the Advisory Council is the formal channel for dialogue in the design and monitoring of policies against a high-prevalence chronic disease; therefore, the composition now established will condition the relative weight of hospital care, primary care, public health, education, and the associative movement in its future reports.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, number 218, November 12, 2026, section II (Authorities and Personnel), official reference: 2026062858.