All family health units to adopt ‘performance related’ pay
Reform will enable up to quarter of million people to (finally) get a family doctor All Portugal’s new type of healthcare centres, Family Health Units (USF), are this year to
Double whammy for respected obstetrician: Doctors’ order “withdraws institutional confidence”
Respected obstetrician Diogo Ayres de Campos has had a difficult last few days. He has been removed from his position as head of Obstetrics in CHULN (the university hospital centre
New plan to speed-up ‘doctors certificates’
SNS wants to create special centres throughout country by end of 2024 Portugal’s SNS health service has a new plan to both speed up the issuing of medical and psychological
More than 80 nurses at Penafiel Hospital request “excuse of responsibility”
More than 80 nurses working at Penafiel Hospital have requested ‘excuse of responsibility’, on the basis that the number of professionals at the State facility is not enough to guarantee
Portugal’s State health service doctors to receive ‘average salary increases’ of 30%
Proposals “to be presented tomorrow, or during week” Government ministers are preparing to present measures that will allow an average increase in SNS State health service doctors’ salaries of around
Albufeira mayor calls for more ambulances during summer
Albufeira’s population grows exponentially during summer months The mayor of Albufeira has called for more ambulances to be deployed to the municipality during the summer. The reasoning is that the
Mobile health unit registers “positive impact” in Portimão parishes
Portimão Council has praised the positive impact of its mobile health unit, which visits the three parishes of the municipality on a monthly basis. According to the local authority, the
Algarve health centres welcome 14 new GPs
Around 1.7 million people do not have a family doctor in Portugal The Algarve Health Administration (ARS Algarve) has announced the hiring of 14 new GPs for the region’s health
AI based on ChatGPT to manage ‘112’ emergency calls by 2025
Technology to be used “in times of congestion” Artificial intelligence based on ChatGPT technology will manage the answering of 112 emergency calls from 2025 onwards in times of congestion, the
State scheme to promote healthy inner-city areas to become permanent – PM
Healthy neighbourhoods programme involves seven ministries Prime minister António Costa has announced today that the Healthy Neighbourhoods programme, coordinated at national level by architect Helena Roseta, is to become permanent,