Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
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 Dolors Montserrat, current Minister of Health |
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| Formed | July 4th, 1977 as Ministry of Health and Social Security |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Spanish government |
| Headquarters | 18, Paseo del Prado Madrid |
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| Website | Ministry of Health (in Spanish) |
The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality of Spain ([Ministerio de Sanidad] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), Servicios Sociales e Igualdad) is the ministerial department which takes charge of the health, social and equality policy. The ministry is headquartered in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid, opposite the Prado Museum. The current minister is Dolors Montserrat.
According to Eurostat, Spain expends a 6,2% of GDP in health, approximately $83 billions (€70 billions).
The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is a department of the General Administration responsible for:
The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality is organised in the following superior bodies:
The current Ministry was created in the Constituent Legislature in 1977, integrating responsibilities for Health that were hitherto managed by the Ministry of the Interior, and the powers of the Secretariat of Social Security.
References can be found to the action of Government in public health and welfare in the nineteenth century. A Royal Decree of 9 November 1832 created a Ministry of Public Works and Transport, which included powers over "the field of health with the infirmaries, water and mineral baths" and "charitable institutions". A further Royal Decree of March 10, 1847, created a Department of Health, one of six that made up what is now the Ministry of the Interior. State powers in this area remained with this department until 1933, when the Secretariat of Health and Welfare was transferred to the Ministry of Labour, which then became known as the Ministry of Labour and Health. On November 4, 1936, the Ministry of Health and Welfare was created, with a woman holding a cabinet portfolio for the first time in the history of Spain: Federica Montseny. This ministry was short-lived. When the Prime Minister of the Republic, Juan Negrín, replaced Francisco Largo Caballero the ministry was abolished and absorbed into the Ministry of Labour, once again under a decree of July 5, 1937. After the Spanish Civil War, the responsibility returned to the Ministry of the Interior until 1977.
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