Old people can wait 10 years for care home vacancy
âOld peopleâs homes have no capacity to respondâ, reports SIC NotĂcias today, citing Vila do Conde where the Santa Casa da MisericĂłrdia has almost 250 seniors on a waiting list.
New health minister presents new CEO of new health service âexecutive directionâ
Direction to have five bodies In a press conference today to present the new health service âexecutive directionâ, Portugalâs new health minister Manuel Pizarro did a sterling job in conducting
DGS announces five priority groups for monkeypox vaccinations
âMonkeypox returns after 10-day holidayâ Following commentary over social media that monkeypox seemed to have taken a holiday, it is back in the headlines again today with the DGS health
Marcelo âawaits response or silenceâ from government
⊠wants questions on new health service executive answered President Marcelo returns to Portugal today from Angola and is expected to ârubber stampâ the governmentâs âfundamentalâ new diploma which it
Cancers in Portugal: clinical trials âvery dependent on interests of Pharma companiesâ
Study says more should be done to benefit patients A study released this week has warned that the investigation of cancer in Portugal âneeds to benefit patientsâ, and that “clinical
Fierce critic of health service management gets new top job
Fernando AraĂșjo tasked with reorganising Portugalâs ailing SNS Fernando AraĂșjo has been named today as the CEO of the SNS executive – the new âtop tierâ of the national health
INFARMED and Portugalâs health authorities accused of hiding data on adverse reactions to Covid vaccines in childrenÂ
Movement for children and teens files 36-page complaint at Attorney Generalâs Office Just as health authorities admit to trying to encourage more children and young people to take up the
Manuel Pizarro named as Portugalâs new minister for health
Pizarro was secretary of State for health in final government of JosĂ© SĂłcrates As the country starting packing up for a final Saturday of sunshine âbefore the stormâ, the government
Fundamental changes to health service hierarchy âdone and dustedâ
Law approved ahead of time; without PM present, and without addressing concerns of Marcelo Yesterdayâs Council of Ministers was distinctly odd. The faces of the ministers showed it. It failed
DGS âplatform failureâ exposes âcomplete names, addresses, dates of birth and tax numbersâ
No-one knows (yet) if failure has been âusedâ by third-parties A failure in the DGS health authorityâs SINAVE (epidemiological vigilance) platform allowed access to people’s complete names, their addresses, dates