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The Plan SUMMA 360 adds a technical committee to review the service
The new body of the Comunidad de Madrid will bring together the Administration and unions to assess the needs of SUMMA and prepare proposals. Its technical nature does not replace the negotiations that belong to the Mesa Sectorial.
Proposals from union representatives will not be negotiated directly in the new committee: if they require a formal agreement, they will be referred to the Mesa Sectorial. The newly established body will serve to analyse needs and prepare initiatives regarding the operation of SUMMA.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Laura Gutiérrez, chaired the first meeting. The committee establishes a permanent channel between the regional administration and the unions representing emergency healthcare professionals.
Its work will focus on the needs of the service. Workers' representatives will be able to participate in preparing proposals to improve its operation and advance the Plan SUMMA 360.
The creation of a dedicated forum responds to the specific characteristics of this public service. In another area of regional care, the Community has announced 138 new places for people with intellectual disabilities and autism, as part of the expansion of public places.
SUMMA provides care through mobile resources and an emergency coordination centre. Its units must remain operational 24 hours a day. The service also intervenes in disasters and incidents involving multiple victims, situations that require a coordinated and specialised response.