Three million in extreme poverty
Leading charity Cáritas talks of a "lost decade," as family income falls back to levels of 2001 More than six percent of Spaniards at risk of social exclusion
The revolving door
Movement of directors and administrators between government and healthcare companies shows the ever-tightening links between the private and public sectors
Sterile arguments
Most regions refuse single mothers and same-sex couples access to assisted reproduction Legislation already in force guarantees the right for all women
The erosive effect of the ships that ran aground off the coast of Valencia
The difficulty of refloating the vessels is damaging the nearby beaches
Bureaucratic hitch gives immigrants a few days' more healthcare
Process of deactivating cards should be completed "by the end of the week"
Recovered cancer patient has child after removal of both ovaries in Spanish first
Baby boy born after groundbreaking oocyte-freezing procedure
Drug prescription copayment rolls out with delays and confusion
Health Ministry claims that just “one in 10,000” prescriptions led to problems for patients
Pharmaceutical firm Roche turns the screw on indebted hospitals
Company sets limits on orders for 12 healthcare centers until bills are paid
Eminent surgeon forced to apologize for lurid nurse remark
Pedro Cavadas remarked that boys were attracted to medicine by the chance of "screwing" nurses
Spanish-designed TB vaccine to start trials backed by Gates Foundation
Existing drug is over 90 years old and no longer effective Project leader Martín to start test on healthy patients
Babies picked to be life-saving donors born in Seville and Barcelona
Infants' embryos were selected to help cure their seriously ill siblings