SIM warns government “get your act together” or there will be more emergency closures
SIM, Portugal’s independent doctors’ union has warned that the problem of emergency department closures will worsen by the end of the year, unless the government speeds up the negotiation process
Nurses & Obstetric Observatory have perfect solution for chaos in State maternity services
Ideas put to health minister – and are included in EU directive Nurses and the country’s Obstetric Observatory have the perfect solution for the unmitigated chaos in Portugal’s State maternity
Portugal’s health service crisis: “questions/ answers”
State news agency tackles what other media sources dub “nation’s shame” Emergency Gynecology, Obstetrics and Childbirth services at various hospitals are closed for another weekend as the crisis in Portugal’s
“There has never been so much disinvestment in Portugal’s health service”
Could current dramas be about dismantling Portugal’s public health care? With crisis on practically every front of the SNS national health service, the question being asked time and again is
Marcelo rubber-stamps government’s new health statute
… with serious doubts about creation of “new executive direction” Officially, the government has “welcomed promulgation of the new national health service statute” by President Marcelo today, stressing it
General Medical Council says it has been waiting five days for solution to crisis at Lisbon’s S. Francisco Xavier
Heads of service ‘ready to walkout’ The Ordem dos Médicos (general medical council) has said in a statement this morning that it has waited five days for an answer to
Outcry over shambolic crisis in obstetric care
Another weekend of mass maternity unit closures PM António Costa will be returning from a short holiday break on Monday to face molten fury over the unconscionable crisis in obstetric
Portugal prolongs “Covid situation of alert”
In spite of numbers falling below well danger levels set by experts Portugal’s government has today prolonged the situation of alert regarding Covid-19 for another month, when all data shows
Portugal hits targets to end mask wearing on public transports
But no joy from public health doctors: barely a squeak from government Upbeat news this week that Portugal has attained the conditions defined by experts to drop the requirement to
PSD wants debate on government’s decision to pay A&E doctors extra for overtime
“Does not agree with false solutions to crisis in health service” Portugal’s main opposition party (PSD) has submitted a request for a parliamentary debate on legislation approved by the Socialist