Algarve health centres welcome six new doctors
Six new doctors have been hired for the Algarve’s health centres, regional health authority ARS Algarve announced on Thursday. Among them are four GPs and two public health doctors, who
Algarve public health issues to be discussed in Parliament
The Independent Union of Doctors (SIM) is due to be heard in Parliament today about the public health issues affecting the Algarve, namely the obstetrics and paediatrics specialties at the
Health ministry proposal for doctors’ overtime pay unacceptable – union
FNAM, the Portuguese national federation of doctors considers “unacceptable” the proposal by the ministry of health on overtime after a meeting yesterday in which additional work in emergency services was
Health minister believes possible to avoid doctors’ strike in March
Portugal’s health minister Manuel Pizarro has said today that he believes it is possible to find “sufficient points of consensus” in negotiations with the national federation of doctors (FNAM) to
Over 60,000 doctors vote today in second ballot to elect president of ‘Ordem’
Around 61,133 doctors will be voting today in the second ballot to elect a successor to Miguel Guimarães, the urologist who has led the Ordem dos Médicos (general medical council)
Deaths and mutilations ‘scandal’ at Amadora-Sintra: surgical team threaten walkout
Surgeons ‘upset’ over disciplinary processes; want whistleblowers ‘out’ The controversy exposed by the complaints of two surgeons of allegedly needless deaths and ‘mutilations’ at the hands of the surgical team
Doctors syndicate schedules national strike on March 8-9
“The SNS health service must be saved” – Federation Portugal’s national federation of doctors (FNAM) has announced a national strike for March 8 and 9, alleging “lack of measures” for
State to start training young doctors in hospitals in remote regions
Shared training programme to start in 2024 The government will launch a shared training programme in 2024 to attract young doctors to hospitals in sparsely populated regions. It will be
Specialists divided over effectiveness of Covid boosters in healthy adults
Second booster shots available for over-18s, but questions multiply Very quietly over the weekend it was reported that “people between 18 to 49 will be able, from the next few
Algarve hospitals and health centres welcome 196 trainee doctors
The Algarve has welcomed 196 trainee doctors who have chosen the region’s public health services to complete their medical internships, the regional health authority ARS Algarve announced on Tuesday. The