Algarve health authority ordered to pay thousands in back pay to nurses
The Algarve’s Local Health Unit (ULS) has been ordered to pay out thousands of euros in back pay to hundreds of nurses, after losing a long-running legal battle at Portugal’s
Lisbon hospital ready to launch lung cancer screening pilot
A major Lisbon hospital says it is ready to start lung cancer screening, with thousands of patients already identified, as soon as funding is approved. Santa Maria Hospital has 3,500
Done deal: CUF completes takeover of HPA Saúde
Private healthcare provider CUF has completed the purchase of a 75% controlling stake in the HPA Saúde group after receiving the ‘okay’ from Portugal’s Competition Authority, it announced on Friday.
The “supplemental” debate
Whether we are overdoing it at the gym or on the padel court, or simply overworking in the garden or at the office desk, muscle and tendon strains are not
CUF gets green light to buy HPA – but it must build new hospital in Algarve
Portugal’s Competition Authority (AdC) has approved private healthcare provider CUF’s acquisition of a 75% stake in the Hospital Particular do Algarve (HPA) private health group under the condition that CUF
“State-of-the-art” Algarve Central Hospital moves forward under PPP regime
Health Minister Ana Paula Martins has hailed what she called a “historic decision” for the Algarve after the government formally approved the long-delayed construction of the Algarve Central Hospital, a
The right magnesium for mental and physical health
Anyone with a basic understanding of how dopamine affects the brain knows that an inability to enjoy once-pleasurable activities clearly indicates a dopamine deficiency, resulting in a lack of interest
Over 60% of family doctor vacancies left unfilled
More than 60% of vacancies for family doctors in Portugal remained unfilled in 2025 after a second recruitment round, opened to fill posts left vacant after the first round, according
The advantages of early intervention for the treatment of pain
Unfortunately, these types of pain are often ignored in the early stages. We kid ourselves with a false hope that the pain will be gone by tomorrow, or the next
No heroes. No gurus. Only citizens – Influence is never individual
It was said kindly. And of course, it’s moving to be acknowledged — for the campaigning, for more than 35 years of therapeutic work, for the hours I still offer