The Ombudsman has warned of delays of up to more than four years to value disability In some autonomous communities.
This follows from the annual report of the 2024 activity of the institution, which on Tuesday has delivered the Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, to the president of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol.
In this sense, he exposes in the report that the delay problems for the Disability assessment They remained subject to a “very high” number of complaints received in 2024, exceeding “widely” that of previous years.
“Starting from the fact that the delays, which in some cases could exceed four years, were raised in a generalized way in all territories, without exception, this institution estimated timely initiate a general action with the set of autonomic administrations“, he indicates.
The objective of this explains that it was “not only numerically specify the existing delays, or the average times in the resolution of these administrative files, but also Know the existing material and personal means; the design and commissioning of shock plans; coordination measures with the services in charge of management or aid management linked to the Recognition of the degree of disabilityor inclusion in Disability certificates of the accredited need for the third person contest. “
Although, he adds that the competent administrations are “very aware” of the problem raised and ensures that they are implementing, to a greater or lesser extent and with different characteristicsmanagement plans to reduce “important existing delays.”
As for the System for autonomy and agency (SAAD)the Ombudsman indicates that complaints in 2024 were increased, already assuming a quarter of those processed in social policy. These affirms that, as in previous years, the greatest number affected the Autonomous Communities of the Canary Islands and Andalusia.
On the other hand, the institution also addresses the care of older people in residential centers. At this point, it states that, in general, it has been possible to verify the “attention and interest” that the competent administrations are paying to long -stay residential care and the new postulates of Attention focused on the elderly, on their autonomy and dignity.
In this sense, he adds that aspects such as limitation and, where appropriate, elimination of mechanical or pharmacological subjection are a constant concern of the Ombudsman. In any case, he points out that the autonomous communities are reinforcing their inspection and quality control services of the residential centers in recent years.
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