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On 12 June 1989 Hospital de Barcelona opened its doors, with the first surgical operation taking place the next day. It has since then represented a unique venture in the hospital...

Fundación Espriu this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Dr Espriu’s vision was to create a health care model which would lend dignity to the relationship between doctor and...

On 10 and 11 April Barcelona hosted the members of the board of the International Health Co-operative Organisation, the IHCO, as they held their first meeting of 2014. The...

Josep Espriu Castelló was born in Santa Coloma de Farners in 1914. The family move to Barcelona, because of his father’s work as a notary, his own calling as a doctor and...

Moncloa Hospital, run by ASISA, one of the Fundación Espriu’s institutions, has now clocked up twenty years of dedication to offering optimum healthcare to all its patients, in an...

The School of Co-operative Studies at Madrid’s Complutense University has, to mark its 40th anniversary, published the work 40 Years of the History of Participatory Enterprise.

Healthcare co-operatives are an organisational model, at both the business and social levels, which can be applied in different spheres and contexts. Major healthcare companies...

The ASISA Group’s Vistahermosa Clinic is now 50 years of age, during which time it has grown from a maternity and infant care clinic to become a leading hospital in the field of...

The sixth edition of the Assistència Sanitària bursary programme, endowed with a 30,000 euro budget, is intended to develop the ongoing training of health professionals, ensuring...

Las instituciones de la Fundación Espriu se sitúan en el 5º puesto en el ranking de Empresas Relevantes de la Economía Social Española que elabora anualmente CEPES.

The International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) held its Global Conference during the first week of November in Cape Town, South Africa. Attended by more than 1000 people from 88...

The universal declaration of human rights decrees that every person has the right to health care, education, social services and housing. These are the basic needs of individuals...