Regional agreements signed to involve mutual workers in accelerating temporary incapacity

Based on · First reported 4 Oct 2026 · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Five autonomous communities and the National Health Management Institute for Ceuta and Melilla have signed collaboration agreements that let mutual workers cooperate with public health services to speed up temporary incapacity processes for musculoskeletal disorders, following a July 2024 agreement between the Ministry of Inclusion and social agents.
The Baleares agreement specifies that the public health service will provide the mutual worker, with patient consent and through the National Social Security Institute, to carry out diagnostic tests, therapeutic and rehabilitative treatments, including surgical interventions; the primary‑care physician will recognise the leave, issue medical discharge and set the initial diagnosis and any later modifications; the pact has a four‑year term and creates a monitoring commission to oversee its execution.
Mutual workers and unions have criticised the limited impact of the agreements, noting that they have generated few test requests.

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