Health Department appoints thirteen primary care pediatricians and leaves forty positions vacant

The Department of Health has agreed to the appointment as permanent statutory staff of thirteen primary care team pediatricians approved in the selection process to fill positions declared as difficult to cover in the Valencian Health System. The resolution, signed on October 30, 2026, by the Director General of Personnel, María Amparo Pinazo Gamir, is published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat Valenciana (DOGV no. 10489, of November 9, 2026), in section II on authorities and personnel, with the official reference DOGV-C-2026-34593. The period for taking office is one month and begins on November 16, 2026.

The appointment is issued under base 15 of the call for the merit competition for the provision of statutory personnel positions with a specialist degree in Health Sciences declared as difficult to cover (DOGV 10251, of December 1, 2025). Previously, the Directorate General of Personnel published the provisional allocation of positions on August 6, 2026, and the allegations and waivers submitted during the open period prior to the publication of the appointment are now resolved. The authority of the director general derives from article 18 of Decree 22/2025, of February 11, of the Consell, which approves the Organic and Functional Regulation of the Department of Health.

Thirteen appointments with definitive destination

Annex I of the resolution identifies the appointed persons, all via the free shift, with the center code, the health department, and the assigned primary care center. The assignment of the destination is definitive:

• EGLEE DIAZ HERNANDEZ: Callosa de Segura health center, Orihuela health department (Alicante South).
• SERGIO HUERTA BARBERA: Calp, Denia health department (Alicante North).
• GUILLEM MIRALLES I MARTINEZ: Teulada, Denia health department (Alicante North).
• ANDREA BAILEN VERGARA: Almoradí, Orihuela health department (Alicante South).
• ALBA PERETO MOLL: Teulada, Denia health department (Alicante North).
• MARAVILLAS FULLANA TUR: Denia, Denia health department (Alicante North).
• BALMA FERRANDO RUBERT: Alcalá de Xivert, Vinaròs health department (Castellón).
• NOELIA RUBIO PUCHE: Orihuela 1, Orihuela health department (Alicante South).
• YAIZA TORMO SEMPERE: Villena, Elda health department (Alicante Center).
• SARA PORCAR LOZANO: Dolores, Orihuela health department (Alicante South).
• MARIA CANOVAS GARCIA: Bigastro, Orihuela health department (Alicante South).
• MIRIAM OUADIH MORAN: San Miguel de las Salinas, Torrevieja health department (Alicante South).
• CRISTINA BARREDA VILLANUEVA: Vinaròs, Vinaròs health department (Castellón).

Most of the destinations are concentrated in the province of Alicante, with seven positions in the Orihuela health department and four in Denia, while Castellón receives two and none are awarded in the province of Valencia.

Ten applicants excluded and forty vacant positions

Annex II lists the ten people who are excluded from the process and the reason for the exclusion. The Conselleria accepts the resignations received outright and declares the loss of any right derived from participation in the selection process:

• RAQUEL OLIVAS MAZON, CRISTINA NOVA LOZANO, DAVID FERRANDEZ MENGUAL, SAMANTHA JANE TURNER, CRISTINA MORA CABALLERO, REGINA DE LOS ANGELES PENALVA PEREZ, LUCIA EDO ALEGRE, PAULA MICO CERVERA and VICTOR MARTINEZ ROIG: resignation.
• VERONICA CARDONA LEYDA: did not obtain any of the positions effectively requested.

Furthermore, the agreement declares all 40 vacant positions offered in this process as vacant, as they were not awarded to any participating person. In centers where several vacancies were offered, these will be filled as the appointed persons join, respecting the order of the termination criteria of the fourth additional provision of Decree 192/2017, of December 1, which approves the Regulation for the selection and provision of statutory personnel of the Valencian Health System.

Taking office from November 16

The period for joining the awarded center is one month and begins on November 16, 2026. Anyone who does not join within that period will lose the rights derived from the selection process, except in cases of force majeure appreciated by the competent body in personnel matters, which may suspend the period until the cause disappears.

At the time of taking office, compliance with the process requirements must be proven with original documentation. Those who participated through the disability quota must present the official certificate and the corresponding administrative resolution, and all appointed persons must prove, in accordance with article 57.1 of Organic Law 8/2021, of June 4, that they have not been convicted by a final judgment for crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity, through a negative certification from the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders.

The resolution ends the administrative route. An optional appeal for reversal may be filed within one month before the same body, or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months before the competent jurisdiction, according to Law 39/2015 and Law 29/1998.

A partial reinforcement of primary care

The appointment ensures the stable incorporation of thirteen pediatric specialists into health centers in Alicante and Castellón, mostly in small municipalities and areas with difficult coverage. The fact that nine of the ten exclusions are resignations and that 40 positions remain vacant depicts, however, an incomplete handover: once their status as permanent statutory personnel is consolidated, these individuals must remain in active service at the assigned center for three years before applying for transfers, internal promotion, or service commissions.

Source: Official Gazette of the Generalitat Valenciana (DOGV), no. 10489, November 9, 2026, section II (Authorities and personnel), official reference: DOGV-C-2026-34593.