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These are the ‘best’ (and ‘worst’) hospitals in Spain

A new ranking reveals which hospitals in Spain are the best. And which are the worst.

Published: 26 November 2019 16:27 CET
These are the 'best' (and 'worst') hospitals in Spain
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Six of the country’s top ten public hospitals are found in Madrid and two are in Barcelona. Valencia also has one hospital ranked in the top ten, as does Seville.

University Hospital La Paz in Madrid has the best reputation of hospitals in all of Spain, followed by Barcelona Clinic, Gregorio Marañon Unversity Hospital in Madrid and then October 12 Hospital, also in Madrid.

The Vall d’Hebron University in Barcelona is listed in the number 5 spot.

The top five rankings have maintained their positions since last year.

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Photo: Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP

In sixth place is the Hospital Universitari y Politècnic La Fe in Valencia followed by Ramón y Cajal and Jiménez Díaz both in Madrid.The Virgen del Rocio University hospital in Seville scored ninth in the ranking and Saan Carlos Clinical Hospital climbed into the top ten spot from eleventh position last year.

The Health Reputation Monitor (MRS) rankings were published on Tuesday by Merco based on more than 8,600 assessments of services relating to quality of medical care to medical innovation, to patient experience.

At the bottom end of the scale, Hospital Costa del Sol ranked in 100 place trailing behind Hospital de Mataro and Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía in San Sebastian de los Reyes, just outside Madrid.

In terms of private hospitals, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, in Pamplona, came out on top, followed by three Madrid hospitals; Hospital Universitario QuirónSalud, Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro / Clara Campal and La Zarzuela University Hospital operated by Sanitas.

The Quirónsalud Centro Médico Teknon in Barcelona ranked fifth followed by  Hospital HM Montepríncipe in Madrid’s Boadilla del Monte suburb.

 

Spain is ranked eighth in the world for its standard of healthcare, out of 195 countries and  even though austerity measures during Spain's economic crisis saw the health budget cut, its healthcare professionals and access to services remain among the best in the world.

Spain is recognised as the leading country in terms of organ donations carrying out more organ transplants per capita than any other nation in the world.

READ MORE: How Spain became the world leader in organ transplants

 

 

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HEALTH

Danish parties agree to raise abortion limit to 18 weeks

Denmark's government has struck a deal with four other parties to raise the point in a pregnancy from which a foetus can be aborted from 12 weeks to 18 weeks, in the first big change to Danish abortion law in 50 years.

Published: 3 May 2024 08:06 CEST
Danish parties agree to raise abortion limit to 18 weeks

The government struck the deal with the Socialist Left Party, the Red Green Alliance, the Social Liberal Party and the Alternative party, last week with the formal announcement made on Monday  

“In terms of health, there is no evidence for the current week limit, nor is there anything to suggest that there will be significantly more or later abortions by moving the week limit,” Sophie Løhde, Denmark’s Minister of the Interior and Health, said in a press release announcing the deal.

The move follows the recommendations of Denmark’s Ethics Council, which in September 2023 proposed raising the term limit, pointing out that Denmark had one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Western Europe. 

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Under the deal, the seven parties, together with the Liberal Alliance and the Conservatives, have also entered into an agreement to replace the five regional abortion bodies with a new national abortion board, which will be based in Aarhus. 

From July 1st, 2025, this new board will be able to grant permission for abortions after the 18th week of pregnancy if there are special considerations to take into account. 

The parties have also agreed to grant 15-17-year-olds the right to have an abortion without parental consent or permission from the abortion board.

Marie Bjerre, Denmark’s minister for Digitalization and Equality, said in the press release that this followed logically from the age of sexual consent, which is 15 years old in Denmark. 

“Choosing whether to have an abortion is a difficult situation, and I hope that young women would get the support of their parents. But if there is disagreement, it must ultimately be the young woman’s own decision whether she wants to be a mother,” she said. 

The bill will be tabled in parliament over the coming year with the changes then coming into force on June 1st, 2025.

The right to free abortion was introduced in Denmark in 1973. 

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