Overview
- The Servicio Andaluz de Salud published Plan Verano 2026 that formalizes 41,639 temporary contracts paid from a €168 million fund to cover seasonal absences and maintain service levels.
- The plan increases new hires by 14% versus last year and by 31.5% versus 2018, reflecting a larger seasonal staffing push than recent summers.
- Recruitment will roll out across five months with the peak months receiving the largest shares to match demand; the plan gives a detailed monthly schedule for hires.
- By category the largest proportional boost is for doctors with 1,993 contracts, an 82.7% rise versus 2025, alongside boosts for nurses, technical staff, and support workers.
- Hospitals will operate 12,774 beds with 2,125 kept in reserve and 431 operating rooms available, while the plan also reinforces four primary-care centres for summer travel pressure and schedules extra surgeries and tests during lower elective-pressure weeks.