Algarve nurses call three days of strike action in May
Nurses in the Algarve have called a strike on May 2, 8 and 9, demanding the payment of back wages dating all the way back to 2018, along with fair
Government seeks to privatise 174 health centres
PCP accuses executive of “being at service of those who make money out of illness” Even in its ‘dying days’, Portugal’s minority centre-right government has been busy transforming ‘health management’
Nurses in Lisbon and West areas call strike for March 20
Nurses from health centres in the Lisbon and West areas will be on strike on March 20, for the payment of back pay outstanding – some of it apparently owed
Portugal launches set of measures to (try to) tackle rising obesity
Global scourge already affects more than one in four of country’s adults The global obesity ‘pandemic’ (which affects people on almost every income level) is raging in Portugal where one
President names new head of SNS executive directorate… but adds to questions building
President Marcelo has today named the 4th man to be given the responsibility of running the SNS (state health) executive direction – a second tier devised to oversee the running
Non-urgent surgeries postponed at Algarve hospitals
Surgeries were postponed in Algarve to avoid overcrowding and free up beds during period of heightened pressure on A&E services Around 20 non-urgent surgeries have been postponed this week at
Portugal health service shake-up
New government struggles to pull floundering SNS health service into shape Portugal’s state health service (SNS) is having yet another ‘impossibly challenging’ winter: enormous demands on A&E departments, insufficient healthcare
Bitter pill for Portuguese emigrés and foreigners “who haven’t consulted doctor in five years”
Price of being well is to lose ‘family doctor’ In a new rule that may well come up against a lot of friction, the government has decided to ‘reorganise access
Vacancies for specialist doctors to continue at 350 per year to 2028
Portugal’s health ministry has announced in a statement today that the SNS public health system will maintain training capacity for specialist doctors by opening, until 2028, 350 annual vacancies for
Waiting times in Lisbon A&E departments reach average of 15 hours
Waiting times for ‘urgent patients’ (those wearing yellow wristbands) have reached an average of 15 hours in one of the busiest Lisbon hospitals (Beatriz Ângelo in Loure), while they are