Overview
- Osakidetza appointed Javier Almeida Velasco as subdirector for mental health and social-health coordination, with the role effective immediately.
- He will coordinate Euskadi’s mental health network across the Basque Health Service.
- The health service created this post within the Basque Health Pact, which elevates mental health as a priority area.
- Almeida comes from Hospital de Urduliz in Biscay, where he has worked as a neurologist since 2017 and teaches at the University of Deusto.
- El Correo reported that the choice has drawn criticism over selecting a neurologist to lead the psychiatric network.