Servicio Madrileño de Salud

The Madrilenian Health Service (Spanish: Servicio Madrileño de Salud, SERMAS) is the body responsible for the system of public health services in the Community of Madrid. The SERMAS was created in 2001, as the functions and services provided by the Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD) in the region were transferred to it.[1]

Madrilenian Health Service
Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS)
Health Care Service overview
Formed2001
Preceding Health Care Service
  • Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
TypePublic Provider
JurisdictionGovernment of the Community of Madrid
Parent departmentCouncillery of Health

SERMAS is responsible for both the management and provision of public health care services in the Madrid region, and also the management and implementation of programs for disease prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation.[2]

Hospital network

The SERMAS network across the region includes the following hospitals: Ramón y Cajal, La Paz, 12 de Octubre, San Carlos, Niño Jesús, Puerta de Hierro, Gómez Ulla, Infanta Leonor, La Princesa, Gregorio Marañón, Santa Cristina, Infanta Sofía, Central de la Cruz Roja, Dr. Rodríguez Lafora, Carlos III, Virgen de la Torre, Henares, Torrejón, Príncipe de Asturias, Fundación Alcorcón, Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Fuenlabrada, Severo Ochoa, Getafe, Infanta Cristina, Infanta Elena, Sureste, Tajo, Virgen de la Poveda, El Escorial, Guadarrama and La Fuenfría.[3]

See also
Map of the SERMAS Primary Care Directorates.

References
  1. Real Decreto 1479/2001, de 27 diciembre de 2001, sobre traspaso a la Comunidad de Madrid de las funciones y servicios del Instituto Nacional de la Salud. Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas. BOE. 28/12/2001; (311):50033-8.
  2. Funciones de la Dirección del Servicio Madrileño de Salud. SERMAS. 28/04/2015. Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Memoria 2018. Servicio Madrileño de Salud". Servicio Madrileño de Salud. 5 May 2019. p. 15.
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