Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias

What Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias does

Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias, S.A. (GSC) is a publicly-owned company (Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal) 100% controlled by the Government of Canarias, established on September 30, 1994. The company operates as a medio propio personificado (instrumental entity) of the Canary Islands Public Administration, delivering four core services: the CECOES 1-1-2 Canarias emergency coordination system, the Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC) pre-hospital emergency medical service, non-urgent medical transport, and the Atención a la Mujer VVG gender-based violence assistance service. Operations are anchored by two integrated operational centers in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, providing 24/7/365 archipelago-wide coverage across all seven Canary Islands.

The underlying technology consists of an emergency coordination and medical dispatch platform that unifies police, fire, medical, and rescue resources through a single response system. The platform manages ground and air ambulance resources (including medicalized helicopters and aircraft for inter-island transfers), scheduled non-urgent patient transport, and specialized gender-based violence intervention protocols. The SUC division has held ISO 9001:2015 quality management system certification since 2022. GSC's workforce totaled 344 employees as of 31/12/2025 (219 permanent, 125 temporary), with no vacant positions. The company's social media presence and corporate website focus on public information, emergency awareness, and transparency rather than commercial marketing.

GSC's revenue model is managed-services-style: the company is funded exclusively through public budgets allocated by the Government of Canarias and service agreements with the Servicio Canario de la Salud and other government departments. Services are provided free of charge at the point of use to citizens, with no commercial pricing structure. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market is direct-to-government: services are accessed by citizens via the free emergency telephone 1-1-2 and through referral-based non-urgent medical transport coordinated with healthcare providers. The customer base is structurally single-tenant, with the Government of Canarias as both sole shareholder and sole contracting authority. The company is led by an Acting Director Gerente, Luis Cabrera Peña, with approximately 30 years of in-company tenure, and a Board of Directors composed of political appointees from regional ministries.

Name

Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias

Legal name

Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias, S.A.

Website

https://gsccanarias.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

GSC is a publicly-owned company of the Government of Canarias that operates the 1-1-2 emergency coordination system, pre-hospital emergency medical services (SUC), non-urgent medical transport, and gender-based violence assistance across all seven Canary Islands, serving regional citizens via public budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Administration Services: GSC operates as a publicly-owned company (100% owned by the Government of Canarias) providing essential public services. The company functions as a 'medio propio personificado' (instrumental entity) of the Public Administration of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community. Revenue derives from public budgets allocated through government contracts and service agreements with the Servicio Canario de la Salud and other government departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias (GSC) is a public company that manages the CECOES 1-1-2 emergency coordination service and the Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC) for medical emergencies across the Canary Islands. It also operates non-urgent medical transport services and a specialized 24/7 gender-based violence victim assistance line (SAMVV), with two integrated operational centers providing mutual backup across the archipelago.

Product overview

GSC Canarias operates as a public company managing a portfolio of interconnected emergency and health services for the Government of the Canary Islands. The core offerings include CECOES 1-1-2 (emergency coordination and 112 service), the Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC - regional emergency health service), non-urgent medical transport, and specialized gender-based violence attention services. Additional administrative and management services support the operational divisions. All services function in an integrated manner through coordinated operation centers in Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CECOES 1-1-2 Canarias Centro Coordinador de Emergencias y Seguridad (CECOES) 1-1-2 is a 24/7 emergency coordination service that handles all emergency calls in the Canary Islands, integrating police, fire, medical, and rescue services through a unified response system accessible via the free 112 telephone number. The service is delivered through two integrated operational centers in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria that function as a single coordinating center with mutual backup capability.
• Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC) Emergency health service providing pre-hospital care and urgent medical transport across the Canary Islands, including coordination of air (medicalized helicopters and aircraft for inter-island transfers) and ground ambulance resources (basic life support, sanitized, and medicalized ambulances). ISO 9001:2015 certified for quality management.
• Transporte Sanitario No Urgente Non-urgent medical transport service for patients who require medically supervised transfer but do not need emergency care, serving scheduled and deferred transport needs. The service is coordinated through referrals from Servicio Canario de la Salud medical professionals who assess patient eligibility.
• Atención a la Mujer Víctima de Violencia de Género (VVG) Specialized 24/7 service integrated into the 112 emergency system, providing immediate assistance and coordinated response for women victims of gender-based violence across the Canary Islands, coordinating with police, social services, and other institutional resources.
• +Gestión +Servicios Additional management and administrative services including billing, economic management, human resources, and legal support services for the public health and emergency system, supporting GSC's operational divisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 professionals (operators, demand managers, resource managers, operational managers and sector technicians) work in the CECOES 1-1-2 operational centers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Union Emergency Services NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998GSC's CECOES 1-1-2 service was established in 1998, integrating the Canary Islands into the European Emergency Services system in compliance with EU Decision 396/1991, which recommended that member states implement a single emergency telephone number (112) for access to all emergency services across the European Union.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/112canarias
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/112canarias
• Instagraminstagram.com/112canarias

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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