Socialists’ ‘safe pair of hands’ offers olive branch to nation’s doctors
José Luís Carneiro intends to “validate legislative commitment” On a day when doctors’ syndicates once again get around the table with a minister who has already said he can’t see
Doctors’ struggle: “It doesn’t make sense to negotiate now”, says minister
Health minister cites proximity of parliamentary elections Health minister Manuel Pizarro has thrown a curved ball into the tortuous round of negotiations with doctors’ syndicates that has been dragging on
Doctors syndicates fail once again to reach agreement with government
Yesterday’s round of negotiations between doctors’ syndicates FNAM and SIM and the government failed, once again, to reach any kind of agreement over salary increases and improvements to doctors’ labour
Private doctors to be empowered to issue ‘sick notes’
In a new effort to ‘make citizens’ lives easier’ (this was the pretext given), the minister of health has announced today that doctors in the private and social sector are
Government and doctors “must reach a deal soon”
Negotiations have been dragging on “for too long” The head of the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos) said on Monday that the negotiations between the unions and the government
New round of negotiations with doctors’ unions to begin on Thursday
Portugal’s ministry of health announced on Friday that it will resume negotiations with the unions representing doctors on Thursday, following requests from union leaders for talks to resume immediately. The
A&E to prioritise ambulances as doctors overtime strike worsens
Country’s deep-seated public sector issues have not gone away in government turmoil Emergency services will now prioritise the admission and triage of patients transported by ambulance and referred by INEM,
Doctors’ union calls for negotiations to continue despite crisis
Doctors want negotiations to continue despite ongoing political crisis The Independent Doctors’ Union (SIM) announced today that it will maintain the strike against overtime work in primary health care services
Doctors may stall strike/ cancel overtime ban
SIM, the Independent Syndicate of Doctors has said it may well call off the overtime strike if legislative elections are called – and will almost certainly call on doctors to
No white smoke: doctors and government still at loggerheads
Portuguese State health service deeply compromised With yet another weekend where hospitals up and down the country are struggling to maintain emergency services (roughly 38 reportedly already being ‘closed’), the