Hospitals given green light to pay agency doctors up to 40% more per hour
Government aims to ensure Portugal’s summertime rosters With the majority of the country’s health service doctors already close to completing the statutory number of overtime hours per year, the government
Family of woman left to ‘wander out of hospital’ to die in undergrowth demand answers
Avelina Ferreira just latest Alzheimer patient left to ‘disappear’ The lackadaisical fashion in which hospital authorities appear to deal with vulnerable Alzheimer’s patients has come inconveniently to the fore this
Portuguese hospital performs first robotic liver transplant in Europe
Curry Cabral performed surgery on patient with cirrhosis now “recovering well” On 5 February, Portugal’s Curry Cabral Hospital performed the first robotic liver transplant in Europe on a patient with
Algarve hospitals face “difficulties no others in Portugal face”
Doctors “still make an effort” despite unique difficulties faced in Algarve Carlos Cortes, head of the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos), has painted a grim picture of the Algarve’s
Alentejo hospital wants to offer doctors and nurses accessible housing
The Hospital do Litoral Alentejano is working on a proposal for doctors and nurses to be offered accessible housing: rental contracts, for periods of up to five years. The objective
Death of elderly woman on stretcher in A&E focuses attention on ‘chaos in health system’
Authorities stress woman was in “end of life” situation The death of an elderly woman on a stretcher in a packed A&E in northern Portugal has focused media attention –
Only go to A&E when “seriously ill,” minister urges
SNS making “big effort” to provide best care at A&E departments Portugal’s minister of health on Wednesday called on citizens to only go to A&E departments when they are “seriously
More health centres with extend opening hours over New Year
Opening hours will increase at the weekend and on New Year’s Day to reduce pressure on emergency services. Health Minister Manuel Pizarro announced today that the number of health centres
Lisbon’s IPO cancer hospital celebrates 100 years
Lisbon’s Portuguese Institute of Oncology (IPO) celebrates its 100th anniversary today. Although the prevalence of cancer has been increasing, IPO professionals say that, thanks to improvements in healthcare and research,
Too many people ‘flooding’ A&E with ‘very little wrong with them’
The perennial complaint that too many people are turning up at ‘Urgências’ (A&E) when really they only have a simple complaint (like the flu, or a bad cold) is being