Parties Seek Updated Timeline and Service Details

Junts representatives from Sant Cugat, Rubí and Castellbisbal have formally called on the Catalan Health Department to provide a clear and updated calendar for the future Centre d'Atenció Integrada en Salut (CAIS), after new delays and changes to the project were confirmed. The centre, intended to serve all three municipalities, is now expected to undergo public tendering for its executive project in 2027, marking another postponement. The demand follows remarks by Health Minister Olga Pané, who confirmed during the inauguration of Rubí’s new Child and Youth Mental Health Centre that the facility on Carrer de Sòcrates in Rubí, near the border with Sant Cugat, will no longer be developed as a Centre d'Alta Resolució Sanitària, as previously planned, but as a CAIS.

After decades demanding a public hospital for Rubí, Sant Cugat and Castellbisbal, it’s essential to transparently explain what will actually be built, what it will cover, and when it will open.

Scope of Services Now in Question

Pané also indicated that the centre may no longer include operating theatres for ambulatory surgery, a service previously announced. While the final functional plan, defining the range of services, is expected to be approved in October 2026, uncertainty remains over which procedures will be available. The CAIS will integrate Rubí’s mental health services and offer outpatient consultations and diagnostic imaging, but will not have inpatient capacity. Junts stresses that this model falls short of the long-reivindicat hospital comarcal with admission capabilities. Instead, serious or complex cases will continue to be referred to hospitals in Terrassa. The party highlights that the original parliamentary resolution, approved on 18 September 2025, set key milestones: a final functional plan by early 2026, budget allocation for tendering the same year, and operational launch in 2027. However, the timeline has repeatedly slipped.

The PSC attempted to delay the tendering to 2027 and remove a fixed operational date during the resolution’s debate, an amendment Junts rejected at the time.

Junts is now pressing the Health Department to answer three key questions: the definitive list of services the CAIS will offer, the impact on patient load at Terrassa’s hospitals, and the full, updated project calendar. The site designated for the facility, visible in Google Maps imagery, remains undeveloped.

Primary sources: Cugat Mèdia, Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Reported by totsantcugat.cat, TOT Sant Cugat, Parlament de Catalunya.