Galician Healthcare Service Explained

Agency Name:Galician Health Service
Type:Health Care Service
Nativename:Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Formed:1989
Preceding1:Instituto Nacional de la Salud (INSALUD)
Agency Type:Public Provider
Jurisdiction:Xunta de Galicia
Chief1 Name:Antonio Fernández-Campa García-Bernardo
Chief1 Position:Gerente
Parent Department:Councillery of Health

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

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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