SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 21 August. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Canary Islands Health Service (SCS) will offer a total of 465 places for the Specialised Health Training (FSE) programme for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is the highest number of FSE places ever offered by the health system in the Canary Islands, representing an increase of 141 places compared to the 2018 offer for the training of specialists in the islands’ healthcare institutions.
Thus, compared to 2023, there is an increase of 29 places, placing the Canary Islands above the national average, which stands at 3%, as reported by the Ministry of Health in an official statement.
Moreover, on Thursday, 21 August, the Official State Gazette published the announcement of the qualifying exams for access to FSE places, which includes all these positions. For the Canary Islands, this amounts to five more places than in the previous call. Additionally, this announcement includes training in Immunology and in Emergency and Urgent Medicine, recently approved.
OFFER BY SPECIALTY
In the field of Primary Care, the Canary Islands will meet the maximum quota of accredited places with 122 positions available, of which 92 are for Family and Community Medicine—two more than in the previous call—and thirty for Family and Community Nursing.
For other specialties, notable mentions include the Mental Health positions, totalling 41 places, with twelve for Psychiatry, ten for Clinical Psychology, and seventeen for specialist Nursing in Mental Health. The overall offer includes two specialised training places in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Furthermore, the Paediatrics speciality will have 21 places, Anaesthesiology 16, Radiodiagnosis 12, Internal Medicine 12, and Intensive Care Medicine 11, along with 27 for Obstetric-Gynaecological Nursing.
