The new Sergas structure aims to adapt to demographic changes and the increase in life expectancy in Galicia, which results in an aging population with chronic conditions. To this end, the Directorate General for Primary and Community Care is created, which will coordinate the proximity strategy and the centrality of the Galician public health system.
This reform also strengthens pharmaceutical policy, assigning the matter to the Sergas Management through the Deputy Directorate General for Pharmacy. The Galician government thus seeks to improve the effectiveness, quality, safety, and efficiency of services, with a unifying vision of the health system.
The Directorate General for Primary and Community Care will have two deputy directorates: one for Healthcare Management and Professional and Primary Care Resource Management, and another for Community Care and Primary Care Quality. The Technical Council for Primary Care is also attached to it.
In the pharmaceutical field, the Deputy Directorate General for Pharmacy reorganizes its competencies to differentiate between community and hospital pharmacy, and to manage benefits and safety. The Directorate General for Integration and Healthcare Innovation, for its part, will coordinate the integration between primary and hospital care and promote innovation and mental health.
Furthermore, the structure of health areas and districts is modified so that all areas have a Directorate for Primary and Community Care dependent on the Management of each area. The Directorate of Nursing and Care is also strengthened, and the figure of the Deputy Management is created in each of the seven health areas.
Finally, the Proton Therapy Center of Galicia is created as a highly specialized healthcare unit for high-precision oncological treatments, which will provide services at the regional level and for other communities and northern Portugal, being organically integrated into the health area of Santiago de Compostela and Barbanza.
