Minimum health services for the general strike on November 11

The Ministry of Presidency, Health and Emergencies of the Regional Government of Andalusia has established by order the minimum services that workers in the public and private health sectors must maintain during the general strike on November 11, 2026. The provision is published in BOJA no. 216, of November 9, 2026, within section 3 (Other provisions), with the official reference text no. 14596. The order is dated November 3, 2026.

The scope of the order

The official title of the regulation delimits its objective: “to guarantee the functioning of the public service provided by workers in the public and private health sectors, through the establishment of minimum services.” The wording of the heading confirms that coverage is not limited to the own network of the Andalusian Health Service, but also extends to privately owned centers and facilities operating in Andalusia.

The formal details of the provision published this Monday are as follows:

• Issuing body: Ministry of Presidency, Health and Emergencies.
• Date of the order: November 3, 2026.
• Scope of application: public and private health sector.
• Publication: BOJA no. 216, of November 9, 2026, section 3 (Other provisions).
• Length: nine pages, text no. 14596.

The order is inserted into the block of general and organizational provisions that the bulletin reserves for the ministries, and not in the announcements section, which underscores its status as a mandatory regulation for the affected companies and centers.

A day with several orders from the Regional Government

The same edition of the bulletin includes another provision issued for the identical reason. This is the Resolution of November 4, 2026, of the Vice-Ministry of the Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, by which the maintenance of the public service provided by the civil servant personnel assigned to that department is guaranteed on the occasion of the general strike of November 11, 2026, through the establishment of minimum essential services (text no. 14639, two pages).

Both decisions share the same reference date—November 11, 2026—and the same legal technique: the prior establishment of minimum staffing levels so that the union call does not interrupt services considered essential. In the health sector, this essential nature directly affects scheduled and urgent care in health centers and hospitals.

Recent precedents of the same practice

The establishment of minimum health services by order of the competent regional ministry has precedents this same year. BOJA no. 196, of October 8, 2026, published the Order of October 2, 2026, which guaranteed the operation of the public service provided by personnel from the group of Senior Technicians or Health Specialist Technicians of all public administrations and institutions, through the establishment of minimum services (text no. 13130, three pages).

Added to this line are the resolutions of the General Directorate of Labor, Safety and Occupational Health issued for specific activities, such as the service provided by Elecnor Servicios y Proyectos, S.A.U. (BOJA no. 209, of October 28, 2026) or the urban passenger transport of Jaén managed by Nex Continental Holdings, S.L.U.-ALSA (BOJA no. 195, of October 7, 2026). The pattern is constant: first, the service guarantee is published, and then the staff and affected companies are notified of which positions must be covered.

What this means for the citizenry

The order affects the care that users of the Andalusian health system will receive on Wednesday, November 11: consultations, tests, and non-urgent surgical activity may be disrupted, while services declared as minimum must remain covered in both the public and private networks. The full text, with the detail of the required staffing, is available in the nine pages that the BOJA dedicates to it in its November 9 edition, under the reference text no. 14596.

Source: Official Gazette of the Government of Andalusia (BOJA), no. 216, of November 9, 2026, section 3. Other provisions (official reference: text no. 14596).