The Ministry of Health (MISAN) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for proposing and executing the government policy on health, planning and providing healthcare as well as the exercise of the powers of the General State Administration to assure citizens the right to health protection. The Ministry is headquartered in the Paseo del Prado in Madrid, opposite the Prado Museum. Healthcare in Spain is provided by the National Health System, a decentralized organization composed by the regional health systems and the National Institute of Health Management, the health agency of the central government that provides health care to the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. According to Eurostat (2022 data), Spain spends 9.7% of its GDP on health, approximately $142 billion (€131.1 billion). According to the Annual Report of the National Health System 2023, the total expenditure of the Spanish health system in 2021 was 132 billion euros (94.7 billion corresponding to the public sector and 37.3 billion to the private sector). This represented 2,789 euros per capita and an expenditure of 10.94% of the Spanish GDP. As of 2022, regarding human resources, the NHS had 868,758 professionals. Of these, 205,366 were medical professionals, 293,600 nursing professionals, and 369,792 were other types of health professionals. The Minister of Health is the head of the department; he or she is appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. The minister is assisted by four main officials: the Secretary of State for Health, the Secretary-General for Digital Health, Information and Innovation of the National Health System, the Department's Under-Secretary and the Commissioner for Mental Health. The current Health Minister is Mónica García since November 2023. (from Wikipedia)