Doctors in Portugal paid less than they were 10 years ago
European study explains how in real terms Portugal’s doctors are losing out A European study released today gives another stark clue as to why Portugal is floundering with what everyone
President of Azores hospital quits following mass walkout by doctors
Cristina Fraga, president of the administrative board of Ponta Delgada’s Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, has tendered her resignation today following the bloc resignation on Wednesday of 21 of the
Small change in cataract surgery would save 13 tons of plastic – project
CHEDV, the Entre Douro e Vouga Hospital Centre (CHEDV) has reduced consumables used in cataract surgery to a minimum, thanks to a protocol that, if replicated in hospitals of the
Doctors call for “faster analysis” of Portugal’s excess deaths
With the number of excess deaths this year continuing the upward trend verified since the start of the pandemic, public health doctors are calling for “faster analysis” by the State’s
Tender to open for 200 new GPs in Lisbon/ Vale do Tejo
Admitting that the problems of Portugal’s State health service are still a long way from being resolved, health minister Manuel Pizarro is nonetheless moving forwards with measures, including the hiring
SNS State health service spends €34 million in agency staff in three months
Some A&E departments are 80% staffed by agency staff Portugal’s State health service has spent €34 million in hiring agency staff (doctors/ nurses/ anesthetists etc) while prohibiting hospitals from contracting
Ukrainian refugee doctors to be accepted into SNS
“Even if they don’t speak Portuguese”, guarantees Ordem dos Médicos Ukrainian doctors are to be accepted for work into the Portuguese national health system (SNS). The news could benefit not
Faro hospital without pediatric A&E due to staff absences
Sunday has seen a notice posted on the door of Faro Hospital’s pediatric department, saying there will be no service available today before 9pm. Any eventual admissions will have to
Doctor “for truth” sees disciplinary punishment reduced from six months to three
Maria Margarida de Oliveira, one of the founders of the so-called ‘negationist movement’ Médicos pela Verdade, has seen a previous 6-month suspension from exercising her profession reduced on appeal to
Crisis talks on Monday as yet another hospital team tenders bloc resignations
Yet further talks to avert ‘crisis’ at a regional hospital will be going ahead tomorrow inHospital da Póvoa after another team of doctors has tendered the bloc resignations. As with