The State wants to better regulate the use of temporary contracts for doctors in public hospitals. In April 2023, given the excesses observed in hospitals and at certain times of the year, the government capped the remuneration of temporary hospital doctors at 1,390 euros gross for 24 hours.
In response, temporary doctors demanding contractual freedom called for a strike and assured that certain hospitals would be forced to close. The movement was short-lived, but hospitals have since increased their recourse to a form of longer temporary contract, known as “type 2”