Galician Healthcare Service

The Galician Healthcare Service (Galician: Servizo Galego de Saúde, SERGAS) is the publicly funded healthcare system of Galicia, Spain.

Galician Health Service
Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Health Care Service overview
Formed1989
Preceding Health Care Service
  • Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
TypePublic Provider
JurisdictionXunta de Galicia
Health Care Service executive
  • Antonio Fernández-Campa García-Bernardo, Gerente
Parent departmentCouncillery of Health
Websitewww.sergas.es

Healthcare policy and funding is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health (Consellería de Saúde), a department of the Galician regional government of the Autonomous Community, the Xunta de Galicia. The current Minister for Health (Conselleira) is María Pilar Farjas Abadía.

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