The health of the people who care for us, the nurses, is at risk in the Basque Country. That is what the survey conducted by the nursing union of Osakidetza Satse says. 81.02% of respondents said that their working conditions have deteriorated due to cuts. 80.29% believe that they do not have enough time to adequately attend to their patients and 77.37% believe that there is not enough staff in their unit to perform their work properly. As a result, 62.04 per cent of respondents believe that the services they provide to citizens have deteriorated.

The survey presents two serious problems: the health of the nurse and the quality of the health service. They both go hand in hand. Osakidetza cannot ignore this worrying situation. It's not just about investing and advertising machines and health systems. The greatest investment should be made in the caregivers, as it is the nurses who have to take care of the patients with these resources. If we want to improve the quality of the health service, we should improve the working conditions of your staff. A reflection that should inevitably and immediately lead to the enlargement of the work teams and to job stability in Osakidetza.

Administrations always complain that they have few incomes and have reduced their budget. That's not worth it. The allocation of resources should be on the basis of priorities. Is the health of our nurses and patients worth nothing more than the construction of the new San Mamés and Anoeta? More social and not more entrepreneurial budgets are needed to secure resources.