Old people can wait 10 years for care home vacancy
“Old people’s homes have no capacity to respond”, reports SIC Notícias today, citing Vila do Conde where the Santa Casa da Misericórdia has almost 250 seniors on a waiting list.
New health minister presents new CEO of new health service ‘executive direction’
Direction to have five bodies In a press conference today to present the new health service ‘executive direction’, Portugal’s new health minister Manuel Pizarro did a sterling job in conducting
DGS announces five priority groups for monkeypox vaccinations
“Monkeypox returns after 10-day holiday” 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 “awaits response or silence” from government
… wants questions on new health service executive answered President Marcelo returns to Portugal today from Angola and is expected to ‘rubber stamp’ the government’s ‘fundamental’ new diploma which it
Cancers in Portugal: clinical trials “very dependent on interests of Pharma companies”
Study says more should be done to benefit patients A study released this week has warned that the investigation of cancer in Portugal “needs to benefit patients”, and that “clinical
Fierce critic of health service management gets new top job
Fernando Araújo tasked with reorganising Portugal’s ailing SNS Fernando Araújo has been named today as the CEO of the SNS executive – the new ‘top tier’ of the national health
INFARMED and Portugal’s health authorities accused of hiding data on adverse reactions to Covid vaccines in children
Movement for children and teens files 36-page complaint at Attorney General’s Office Just as health authorities admit to trying to encourage more children and young people to take up the
Manuel Pizarro named as Portugal’s new minister for health
Pizarro was secretary of State for health in final government of José Sócrates As the country starting packing up for a final Saturday of sunshine ‘before the storm’, the government
Fundamental changes to health service hierarchy ‘done and dusted’
Law approved ahead of time; without PM present, and without addressing concerns of Marcelo Yesterday’s Council of Ministers was distinctly odd. The faces of the ministers showed it. It failed
DGS ‘platform failure’ exposes ‘complete names, addresses, dates of birth and tax numbers’
No-one knows (yet) if failure has been ‘used’ by third-parties A failure in the DGS health authority’s SINAVE (epidemiological vigilance) platform allowed access to people’s complete names, their addresses, dates